tutee

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noun

A student of a tutor.

Opposite
tutor
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Meanings

nountutee (plural tutees)

plural tutees

  1. A student of a tutor.

    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.

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    [Tutor and] tutee. English "pupil." I met this queer coinage in two academic publications.

    1927, Edwin Deller, “The Contributors Column: Americanisms”, in American Speech, volume 2, number 4, page 214

    Antonyms: tutor

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA student of a tutor.

Opposite
tutor

Origin

From tutor + -ee.

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Translations

Spanish educando, discente
  • educandoa student of a tutor
  • discentea student of a tutor
  • tutorandoa student of a tutor
  • tutorizandoa student of a tutor
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APA

tutee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tutee

MLA

“tutee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tutee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tutee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tutee.

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