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tutelar
 

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Adjective tutelar has 1 sense
  1. custodial, guardian, tutelary, tutelar - providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding; "daycare that is educational and not just custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods"
    Antonym: unprotective (indirect, via protective)

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Tutelar

Part of Speech: Adjective Definition 1: Relating to or acting as a guardian or protector. Example Sentence 1: The tutelar deity of the city is believed to watch over and protect its inhabitants. Part of Speech: Noun Definition 2: A guardian or protector. Example Sentence 2: The elderly woman became the tutelar of the orphaned children. Part of Speech: Adjective Definition 3: Relating to a local deity or spirit believed to have protective powers over a specific place or group. Example Sentence 3: The village built a small shrine to honor their tutelar spirit and seek its protection.
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