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mentor
/ˈmɛn.toɹ/
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What does mentor mean?
noun
- A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
verb
- To act as someone's mentor.
proper noun
- Odysseus's trusted counselor. He was assigned the responsibility of raising Odysseus's son Telemachus while Odysseus was away fighting in Troy.
More meanings (12)
proper noun
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Dubois County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Saline County, Kansas.
- A minor city in Campbell County, Kentucky.
- A township in Cheboygan County, Michigan.
- A township in Oscoda County, Michigan.
- A minor city in Polk County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Greene County, Missouri.
- A city in Lake County, Ohio, the largest place with this name, named after the Greek Mentor.
- An unincorporated community in Garfield County, Washington.
- A ghost town in Jackson County, West Virginia.
- A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
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IPA pronunciation
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Fenayrou obeyed her mentor, and calmly, coldly, without regret or remorse, told him the story of the assassination.
She walked in imitation of her mentor as requested, inwardly feeling that there was something strangely lacking.
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But it seemed wiser to only nod again, and let his mentor go on.
The sons of the two partners carried it on, with Murdock as their Mentor.
He felt that she considered him an incorruptible Mentor, following Roderick like a shadow, and he wished to let her know the truth.