tutor

/tuˈtoɾ/ · B2 · noun · m

defender

tutor — defender

🧑‍🏫 Same as English tutor, from Latin tueri, to watch over, as in tutelage

A tutor was first a guardian who watched over a minor, which is why it still means legal guardian in Spanish. The stress falls on the end: tu-TOR, not TU-tor.

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