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Nes·tor 
[nes-ter, -tawr] Pronunciation Key
[nes-ter, -tawr] Pronunciation Key –noun Classical Mythology.
| the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos. |
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| Nes·tor
(něs'tər, -tôr') Pronunciation Key
n. Greek Mythology
[Greek Nestōr.] |
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Nestor
Nestor
name for "old king renowned for wise counsel," 1588, from Gk., name of the aged and wise hero in the "Iliad." In Church history, a Nestorian (1449) is a follower of Nestorius, 5c. patriarch of Constantinople, whose doctrine attributed distinct divine and human persons to Christ and was condemned as heresy.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| nestor | |
noun | |
| 1. | (Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy |
| 2. | a genus of Psittacidae |
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Nestor
Nes"tor\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of parrots with gray heads. of New Zeland and papua, allied to the cockatoos. See Kaka.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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