tutoress
English
Etymology
From tutor + -ess; compare tutress.[1]
Noun
tutoress (plural tutoresses)
- (dated, may now be sexist) A female tutor.
- Synonyms: instructress, tutrix
- 1612, [John Selden], “The Eleuenth Song. Illustrations.”, in Michael Drayton, edited by [John Selden], Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC, page 192:
- I offer ſubſcription; but always vnder reformation of that moſt honored Tutreſſes Pupils, which ſhall (omitting fabulous traſh) iudiciouſly inſtruct otherwiſe.
- 1748, Edward Moore, The Foundling:
- Fidelia shall be your tutoress.
Alternative forms
- tutress (obsolete)
Translations
female tutor
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References
- “tutoress”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Tutoress”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 514, column 3.