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mentor

men·tor

UK/ˈmɛn.tɔː/ US/ˈmɛn.toə/ fairly common
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

a wise and trusted guide and advisor

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verb

1.

serve as a teacher or trusted counselor

  • “The famous professor mentored him during his years in graduate school”
  • “She is a fine lecturer but she doesn”

Origin

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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