Definitions
Trusted guide, teacher, or adviser.
Word 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”).
Used in a sentence
“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?”
“After him came several deshi, or followers he had mentored.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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