tutelar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding
    custodial; tutelary.
    • daycare that is educational and not just custodial
    • a guardian angel
    • tutelary gods

WordNet

Tu"te*lar, Tu"te*la*ry adjective (Also<
  • Tutelar
  • Tutelary
)
Etymology
L. tutelaris: cf. F. tutélaire. See Tutelage.
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.

Webster 1913