mentor
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Definition of mentor
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
“Many mentors claim that they would work with the vocationers for free because of the sense of satisfaction the interaction provides.”
“I thought he was supposed to be my mentor. But, in actuality, what did I know about the often beguiling world of adults?”
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noun
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A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
“Many mentors claim that they would work with the vocationers for free because of the sense of satisfaction the interaction provides.”
“I thought he was supposed to be my mentor. But, in actuality, what did I know about the often beguiling world of adults?”
verb
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(transitive)To act as someone's mentor.
“After him came several deshi, or followers he had mentored.”
“I want to get people motivated about mentoring students, to help them get excited about staying in school, finding their passion, and starting a career.”
name
- (Greek, countable, uncountable)Odysseus's trusted counselor. He was assigned the responsibility of raising Odysseus's son Telemachus while Odysseus was away fighting in Troy.
- (countable)A male given name from Ancient Greek.
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Etymology
From French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey, whose name, a historical name from Ancient Greece, shares the same root as English mind.…
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From French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey, whose name, a historical name from Ancient Greece, shares the same root as English mind. Cognate to Sanskrit मन्तृ (mantṛ, “advisor, counselor”) and Latin monitor (“one who admonishes”), and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti (compare Latin moneō (“to warn”), causative form of *men- (“to think”).
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