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.
1599. Warn. Faire Wom., I. 317. My tutress, Drury, gave me charge to speak.
1624. Heywood, Gunaik., VII. 344. A fit tuteresse for such an apt and forward pupill.
1664. Butler, Hud., II. i. 812. Whipping, that’s Virtues Governess, Tutress of Arts and Sciences.
1751. Female Foundling, I. 20. Ah my dear Tutress, my dear Tutress, I cried out.
1796. Mme. D’Arblay, Camilla, I. 98. To [her], however, she was but nominally a tutress.
1801. Sporting Mag., XVII. 42. Not many months since She was thought a fit Tut’ress for Statesman or Prince.
1871. M. Collins, Mrq. & Merch., iv. Amy Gray became tutress to Mowbray’s unmanageable daughter.
1886. Pall Mall G., 10 Feb., 4/2. Rouen, Geneva, and Pisa … have been tutresses of all I know.
b. = TUTORESS b.
1653. H. Cogan, trans. Pinto’s Trav., liii. (1663), 209. I…, a poor woman, Governess, and Tutress of my Son, an Orphan.
a. 1693. Urquhart’s Rabelais, III. xxxi. 262. The Goddess of Wisdom, Tutress, and Guardianess of such as are … studious.
1747. R. 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.
