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.
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Noun
The segment positioned Baszler as a veteran leader and a potential mentor or antagonist for the younger talent.—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025 Having built an impressive resume that counts Naomi Campbell as an early client, the star first worked closely with mentor Pat McGrath to develop his skills, soon becoming one of the most coveted make-up artists in the industry.—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
For the live finale on September 25, Kim Jae Joong returns as Planet Master after previously mentoring the participants during the show’s early episodes.—Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 Proprietors would source the teas from Mallett and receive mentoring from her corporate leadership team.—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mentor
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
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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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