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Definition of Tutress
1. n. Tutoress.
Definition of Tutress
1. Noun. (obsolete form of tutoress) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tutress
1. a female tutor [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tutress
Literary usage of Tutress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Great Red Dragon, Or, The Master-key to Popery by Antonio Gavin (1854)
"They have only liberty to go to the grate to their parents or relations, and
always accompanied with the old mother tutress. And when they are fifteen years ..."
2. North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840: A Documentary History by Charles Lee Coon (1915)
"It was resolved that Mrs. Lucretia Matthews be tutress of the Female Academy of
Lincolnton until the Board can procure another ..."
3. History of Popery: Giving a Full Account of All the Customs of the Priests by Antonio Gavin (1846)
"The tutress takes a great deal of care not to let them go to the grate, nor
converse with men all the while, to prevent in them the knowledge and love of ..."
4. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1895)
"... or else that there is a certain power exerted by them on the mind that would
render her a more efficient " tutress " by their perusal. ..."
5. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1913)
"... a lady who acquired an extraordinary reputation as "tutress" to Charles I's
daughter, Elizabeth. * The interest of the essay, probably written by 1 ..."
6. George Eliot's Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals by George Eliot (1885)
"... or else that there is a certain power exerted by them on the mind that would
render her a more efficient " tutress" by their perusal. ..."
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