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Mentor

In Homer's Odyssey, an old man, adviser to Telemachus in the absence of his father Odysseus. His form is often taken by the goddess Athena.

Mentor

City in Lake County, northeastern Ohio; population (1990) 47,400. This residential and industrial suburb is situated 35 km/22 mi northeast of Cleveland and 8 km/5 mi south of Lake Erie.

Founded in 1799, Mentor is the site of ‘Lawnfield’, a farm owned by US president James A Garfield; this now contains a museum commemorating Western Reserve history. The city is home to Lakeland Community College (founded 1967). Goods produced in Mentor include trucks, forklifts, computer components, electronic instruments, and air-conditioning units. Plant nurseries also contribute to the local economy.

mentor

In business, an experienced member of staff assigned to oversee and advise a new employee, in a mentoring relationship.



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With these words he sat down, and Mentor {20} who had been a friend of Ulysses, and had been left in charge of everything with full authority over the servants, rose to speak.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
In the old story, my dear sir, Mentor sometimes surprised Telemachus.
I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context
There, as it should be, the druggist is a counsellor, a confessor, an adviser, an able and willing missionary and mentor whose learning is respected, whose occult wisdom is venerated and whose medicine is often poured, untasted, into the gutter.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
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