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tutress|ˈtjuːtrɪs| Also 6–7 tutresse, 7 tuteresse, 8–9 tut'ress. [ad. OF. tutreisse, tuteresse (14th c. in Godef.), or f. L. tūtrix tutrix by change of ending.] a. = tutoress a.
1599Warn. Faire Wom. i. 317 My tutress, Drury, gave me charge to speak. 1624Heywood Gunaik. vii. 344 A fit tuteresse for such an apt and forward pupill. 1664Butler Hud. ii. i. 812 Whipping, that's Virtues Governess, Tutress of Arts and Sciences. 1751Female Foundling I. 20 Ah my dear Tutress, my dear Tutress, I cried out. 1796F. Burney Camilla I. 98 To [her], however, she was but nominally a tutress. 1801Sporting Mag. XVII. 42 Not many months since She was thought a fit Tut'ress for Statesman or Prince. 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. iv, Amy Gray became tutress to Mowbray's unmanageable daughter. 1886Pall Mall G. 10 Feb. 4/2 Rouen, Geneva, and Pisa..have been tutresses of all I know. b. = tutoress b.
1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. liii. (1663) 209, I.., a poor woman, Governess, and Tutress of my Son, an Orphan. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxxi. 262 The Goddess of Wisdom, Tutress, and Guardianess of such as are..studious. 1747R. Keith in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 413 If the Prince should die.., the Princess his spouse should be tutress to the child..during the nonage. |