tutor

1. dated (in law) guardian
   Posle smrti roditelja, ujak mu je postao tutor. — After his parents died, his uncle became his guardian.
2. derog. (in politics) patron; puppet master
   Vlada samo sluša svoje strane tutore. — The government just obeys its foreign patrons.
3. (in education) tutor
   Svaki student prve godine dobija svog tutora. — Every first-year student gets their own tutor.

In the sense 'legal guardian' the word is dated: the current legal and everyday term is staratelj. Today tutor usually means an academic tutor or, disapprovingly, a political patron.