tutelary
tutelary is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses. This, of all advantages, is the greatest . . . the most tutelary of morals. Landor.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abettor
- accessory
- accomplice
- acquaintance
- adherent
- adjunct
- adjutant
- adjuvant
- advocate
- after
- air
- all
- ally
- alter
- ambo
- amigo
- and
- angel
- assistant
- associate
- auxiliary
- backer
- bad
- banshee
- bedfellow
- best
- boon
- bosom
- candle
- casual
- chamber
- champion
- childhood
- chum
- classman
- classmate
- clerk
- cloud-compeller
- coadjutor
- coadjutrix
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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