tutress
(ˈtjuːtrɪs)
Also 6–7 tutresse, 7 tuteresse, 8–9 tut'ress.
[ad. OF. tutreisse, tuteresse (14th c. in Godef.), or f. L. tūtrix tutrix by change of ending.]
a. = tutoress a.
| 1599 Warn. Faire Wom. i. 317 My tutress, Drury, gave me charge to speak. 1624 Heywood Gunaik. vii. 344 A fit tuteresse for such an apt and forward pupill. 1664 Butler Hud. ii. i. 812 Whipping, that's Virtues Governess, Tutress of Arts and Sciences. 1751 Female Foundling I. 20 Ah my dear Tutress, my dear Tutress, I cried out. 1796 F. Burney Camilla I. 98 To [her], however, she was but nominally a tutress. 1801 Sporting Mag. XVII. 42 Not many months since She was thought a fit Tut'ress for Statesman or Prince. 1871 M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. iv, Amy Gray became tutress to Mowbray's unmanageable daughter. 1886 Pall Mall G. 10 Feb. 4/2 Rouen, Geneva, and Pisa..have been tutresses of all I know. |
b. = tutoress b.
| 1653 H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. liii. (1663) 209, I.., a poor woman, Governess, and Tutress of my Son, an Orphan. a 1693 Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxxi. 262 The Goddess of Wisdom, Tutress, and Guardianess of such as are..studious. 1747 R. Keith in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 413 If the Prince should die.., the Princess his spouse should be tutress to the child..during the nonage. |