tutee
nounEtymology From tutor + -ee.
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A student of a tutor.
- [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:
- 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.