mentee

noun

men·​tee men-ˈtē How to pronounce mentee (audio)
: one who is being mentored : protégé
… nearly all the mentees opted to remain in the sciences …Sally Rubenstone

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Mallika Dhaliwal, Mahnoor Euceph, and Armaan Uplekar were the 2025 mentees. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2025 The youngest of the cast is Taylor, who plays Milan, an aspiring lawyer and mentee to Kardashian’s Allura. Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025 Show and Tell Have your mentee bring a piece of gear from their own family. The Editors, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025 The mentees’ income trajectories align more closely with their mentors than with their families—effectively reducing the socioeconomic gap by two-thirds. Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mentee

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First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mentee was in 1965

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“Mentee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mentee. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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