tutelage
pronunciation
How to pronounce tutelage in British English:
UK [ˈtju:təlɪdʒ]
How to pronounce tutelage in American English:
US [ˈtutəlɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)
- attention and management implying responsibility for safety
Word Origin
- tutelage (n.)
- "guardianship," c. 1600, from -age + Latin tutela "a watching, keeping, safeguard, protection," from variant past participle stem of tueri "watch over" (see tutor (n.)). Meaning "instruction" first appeared 1857.
Example
- 1. Diop says he sometimes wonders if he would have become a star with better tutelage as a youth .
- 2. But some nations find it impossible to live under the tutelage of another .
- 3. A few years ago policemen set up hundreds of checkpoints under american tutelage .
- 4. Under his tutelage the party did much better at targeting republican voters , particularly in america 's outer suburbs .
- 5. Since late january , several hundred kurdish and arab soldiers have been patrolling parts of the disputed area together , under american tutelage .