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Tutelage Instruction Guidance Individual Guardianship Man's Expert Learned

word tutelage
definition Instruction or guidance of an individual; guardianship.
eg_sentence Under the old man's expert tutelage, they had learned to carve and paint beautiful and realistic duck decoys.
explanation Tutelage usually means specialized and individual guidance. Alexander the Great was under the tutelage of the philosopher Aristotle between the ages of 13 and 16, and his tutor inspired him with a love of philosophy, medicine, and science. At 16 he commanded his first army, and by his death 16 years later he had founded the greatest empire ever seen. But it's not so easy to trace the effects of the brilliant tutelage he had received in his youth
IPA ˈtjutɪlɪʤ

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