mentor
nounEtymology
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”).
- derived from *monéyeti✻
- derived from Μέντωρ
- derived from mentor
Definitions
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?
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.
Odysseus's trusted counselor. He was assigned the responsibility of raising Odysseus's…
Odysseus's trusted counselor. He was assigned the responsibility of raising Odysseus's son Telemachus while Odysseus was away fighting in Troy.
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A male given name from Ancient Greek.
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A definitional loop anchored at mentor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at mentor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at mentor
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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