What does mentor mean?
Definitions for mentor
ˈmɛn tɔr, -tərmen·tor
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word mentor.
Princeton's WordNet
mentor, wise manverb
a wise and trusted guide and advisor
mentorverb
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't like mentoring"
Wiktionary
mentornoun
A wise and trusted counselor or teacher
mentorverb
To act as someone's mentor
Mentornoun
Odysseus's trusted counselor. He was assigned the responsibility to raise Odysseus's son Telemachus, while Odysseus was away fighting in Troy
Etymology: From Μέντωρ.
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mentor
A mentor is a person who provides advice, guidance, and support to another, typically less experienced individual, in a professional or personal context. This person serves as a teacher, coach, counselor, or role model, and helps the mentee in their growth, learning, and development by sharing their knowledge, skills, and experiences.
Webster Dictionary
Mentornoun
a wise and faithful counselor or monitor
Etymology: [From Mentor, the counselor of Telemachus, Gr. Me`ntwr, prop., counselor. Cf. Monitor.]
Wikidata
Mentor
In Greek mythology, Mentor was the son of Alcimus or Anchialus or Heracles and Asopis. In his old age Mentor was a friend of Odysseus who placed Mentor and Odysseus' foster-brother Eumaeus in charge of his son Telemachus, and of Odysseus' palace, when Odysseus left for the Trojan War. When Athena visited Telemachus she took the disguise of Mentor to hide herself from the suitors of Telemachus' mother Penelope. As Mentor, the goddess encouraged Telemachus to stand up against the suitors and go abroad to find out what happened to his father. When Odysseus returned to Ithaca, Athena appeared briefly in the form of Mentor again at Odysseus' palace. Because of Mentor's relationship with Telemachus, and the disguised Athena's encouragement and practical plans for dealing with personal dilemmas, the personal name Mentor has been adopted in English as a term meaning someone who imparts wisdom to and shares knowledge with a less experienced colleague.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Mentor
men′tor, n. a wise counsellor.—adj. Mentor′ial. [Gr. Mentōr, the tutor of Telemachus.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Mentor
a friend of Ulysses, and the tutor of his son Telemachus, whose form and voice Athena assumed in order to persuade his pupil to retain and maintain the courage and astuteness of his father.
Editors Contribution
mentor
A person with the role and responsibility to give instruction or coach a type of sport.
The are so many sporting mentors across every country who coach children in a wide variety of sports.
Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020
Etymology and Origins
Mentor
A “guide, philosopher, and friend,” so called after Mentor, the faithful friend and counsellor of Ulysses.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
MENTOR
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mentor is ranked #26671 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Mentor surname appeared 913 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Mentor.
76.7% or 701 total occurrences were Black.
14% or 128 total occurrences were White.
5.3% or 49 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.6% or 24 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mentor in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mentor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of mentor in a Sentence
I would appreciate having him in front of my kids as a coach there, and as an advocate and a mentor.
We do a lot of fishing trips and hunting trips, and those are events to bring veterans together so that they can mentor one another, counsel one another and help one another.
Jimmie was my teacher, mentor, close friend and collaborator for 26 years, i directed two of his feature films, including the recent 'Return of the Killer Shrews,' a sequel he co-wrote and was quite proud of as he had made the first one more than 50 years earlier.
You need a mentor or sponsor or someone in the company you trust and respect that you can learn from, someone who is powerful and will open doors for you when you aren't in the room.
If those people who are saying, ‘get rid of the police,’ would say, ‘you know what, we’re going to come in and we’re going to become a part of this community. We’re going to give our hard-earned income to shop in this community. We’re going to mentor kids in this community,’ now you’re talking, but you can’t just say, let’s get rid of the police and then live these other social deficiencies or problems in place.
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- الناصحArabic
- mentorWelsh
- mentorDanish
- MentorGerman
- μέντωρGreek
- mentorSpanish
- مربیPersian
- opastaa, mentori, mentoroida, ohjaaja, ohjata, oppi-isäFinnish
- mentorFrench
- meantóirIrish
- יועץ, מחנך. אב רוחניHebrew
- गुरुHindi
- դաստիարակArmenian
- penasihatIndonesian
- mentoreItalian
- מורהHebrew
- メンターJapanese
- 멘토Korean
- MentorisLatin
- leidsmanDutch
- mentorNorwegian
- mentorPolish
- mentorPortuguese
- mentorRomanian
- ментор, наставникRussian
- mentorisati, mentoriratiSerbo-Croatian
- mentorSwedish
- hocaTurkish
- наставникUkrainian
- اتالیقUrdu
- người hướng dẫnVietnamese
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