Definition of tutelage
1a : instruction especially of an individualb : a guiding influence a business under the tutelage of a new director
2 : the state of being under a guardian or tutor
3a : an act or process of serving as guardian or protector : guardianshipb : hegemony over a foreign territory : trusteeship 2
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Examples of tutelage in a Sentence
The company is relying on the tutelage of its new CEO to increase profits.
a governess overseeing the tutelage of the family's children
Recent Examples of tutelage from the Web
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Under his tutelage, the boys team has won nine WesCo championships, eight district championships and a state title in 1994.
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Under the tutelage of Head Coach Casey Dunn, Samford is the winningest Division I program in the state of Alabama since 2011, and the Bulldogs have had 19 players selected in the MLB Draft over the last six years.
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San Diego remains a destination for quarterbacks who seek top-flight tutelage or to serve as counselors at passing clinics.
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Under Siroker’s tutelage, the team approached the problem with a new precision.
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Did You Know?
The Latin verb tuēri means "to look at" or "to guard." When "tutelage" first began appearing in print in the early 1600s, it was used mainly in the protective sense of "tuēri," as writers described serfs and peasants of earlier eras as being "under the tutelage of their lord." Over time, however, the word's meaning shifted away from guardianship and toward instruction. This pattern of meaning can also be seen in the related nouns "tutor" (which shifted from "a guardian" to "a private teacher") and "tuition" (which now refers to the act or profession of teaching or the cost of instruction but originally meant "protection, care, or custody especially as exercised by a parent or guardian over a child or ward").
Origin and Etymology of tutelage
Latin tutela protection, guardian (from tutari to protect, frequentative of tueri to look at, guard) + English -age
Other Education Terms
TUTELAGE Defined for English Language Learners
tutelage
playDefinition of tutelage for English Language Learners
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: the teaching of an individual student by a teacher
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: an act of guarding or protecting something
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: helpful influence or guidance
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