tutee

See also: tuteé

English

Etymology

From tutor +‎ -ee.

Noun

tutee (plural tutees)

  1. A student of a tutor.
    Antonym: tutor
    • 1927, Edwin Deller, “The Contributors Column: Americanisms”, in American Speech, volume 2, number 4, page 214:
      [Tutor and] tutee. English "pupil." I met this queer coinage in two academic publications.
    • 2007, Julie Winkelstein, "Libraries help everyone into Internet age," Contra Costa Times (Califoronia), 23 Nov.,
      To make sure the pairings were good ones, both tutor and tutee filled out an application, indicating interests, computer proficiency, and even language.

Translations

References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
  • Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Spanish

Verb

tutee

  1. inflection of tutear:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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