Noun
After college, her professor became her close friend and mentor.
He needed a mentor to teach him about the world of politics.
We volunteer as mentors to disadvantaged children.
young boys in need of mentorsVerb
The young intern was mentored by the country's top heart surgeon.
Our program focuses on mentoring teenagers.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Jamie Kellner was a titan and a visionary in our industry and yet he will be remembered by anyone lucky enough to work for him as an executive or as a showrunner as a warm, funny, charismatic, creative and kind mentor, friend, husband and Dad.—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 22 June 2024 Based on Collins’ 2020 novel of the same name, the film serves as a prequel to the original franchise taking place during the 10th annual Hunger Games, where a young Coriolanus Snow (Blyth) is selected as a mentor in the games.—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
Verb
Each year, an expert panel selects four independent pilots to be screened at the nonprofit organization’s festival and additionally mentored through development and eventual production of the pilots into on-air series.—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 June 2024 Decades earlier, Whitehorse began mentoring Gene Delcourt, then a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, on his wood sculpting craft.—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for mentor
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
as name borrowed from Latin Mentōr, borrowed from Greek Méntōr; as generic noun borrowed from French mentor, after Mentor, character in the novel Les aventures de Télémaque (1699) by the French cleric and writer François Fénelon (1651-1715), based on characters in the Odyssey
Note:
In Fénelon's work Mentor is a principal character, and his speeches and advice to Telemachus during their travels constitute much of the book's substance.
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