- an experienced person who advises and helps somebody with less experience over a period of time
- She was a friend and mentor to many young actors.
- His former coach had remained his mentor throughout his career.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMentor is used after these nouns:- faculty
- peer
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- an experienced person in a company, university, etc. who trains and advises new employees or students
- Regular meetings between mentor and trainee help guide young engineers through their early years.
- The company runs a mentor programme.
Word Originmid 18th cent.: via French and Latin from Greek Mentōr, the name of the adviser of the young Telemachus in the Greek epic poem the Odyssey by Homer.
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