Monday 30 April 2012

::Word a day::

::Mentor

PRONUNCIATION:
(MEN-tohr, -tuhr) 

MEANING:
noun: A wise and trusted adviser or teacher.
verb tr., intr.: To serve as an adviser or teacher.

ETYMOLOGY:
After Mentor, the name of young Telemachus's adviser in Homer's Odyssey. Earliest documented use: 1750::