TUTELARS

Noun

tutelars

plural of tutelar

Anagrams

• lustrate

Source: Wiktionary


TUTELAR

Tu"te*lar, Tu"te*la*ry, a. Etym: [L. tutelaris: cf. F. tutélaire. See Tutelage.]

Definition: 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



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