'Tutelar' definitions:

Definition of 'tutelar'

From: WordNet
adjective
Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding; "daycare that is educational and not just custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods" [syn: custodial, tutelary, tutelar]

Definition of 'Tutelar'

From: GCIDE
  • Tutelar \Tu"te*lar\, Tutelary \Tu"te*la*ry\, a. [L. tutelaris: cf. F. tut['e]laire. See Tutelage.] Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses. [1913 Webster]
  • This, of all advantages, is the greatest . . . the most tutelary of morals. --Landor. [1913 Webster]