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mentor

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛn.tɔː/

The English word “mentor” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.

verb

  1. To act as someone's mentor.

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. 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…

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