[men-tawr, -ter] 
| 1. | a wise and trusted counselor or teacher. |
| 2. | an influential senior sponsor or supporter. |
| 3. | to act as a mentor: She spent years mentoring to junior employees. |
| 4. | to act as a mentor to: The brash young executive did not wish to be mentored by anyone. |
[men-tawr, -ter] | (in the Odyssey) a loyal adviser of Odysseus entrusted with the care and education of Telemachus. |
[men-ter] | a town in NE Ohio. 42,065. |
| men·tor (měn'tôr', -tər) n.
v. intr. To serve as a trusted counselor or teacher, especially in occupational settings. v. tr. To serve as a trusted counselor or teacher to (another person). [French Mentor, Mentor, from Latin Mentōr, from Greek; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
| Men·tor (měn'tər) A city of northeast Ohio, a residential suburb of Cleveland on Lake Erie. Population: 51,600. |
MENTOR
CAI language. "Computer Systems for Teaching Complex Concepts", Report 1742, BBN, Mar 1969.
Mentor
city, Lake county, northeastern Ohio, U.S. It lies on Lake Erie, about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Cleveland. Mentor township, organized in 1815, was named either for Hiram Mentor, an early settler, or for the Mentor of Homeric verse (the tutor of Telemachus, Odysseus's son). Mentor Village was separately incorporated in 1855. After World War II the area experienced rapid population and industrial growth, and in 1963 the township and village were consolidated. James A. Garfield, later U.S. president, bought a farm there in 1876, and his home, Lawnfield, has been preserved as a national historic site and memorial museum depicting the history of the Western Reserve. There are many garden nurseries in the vicinity; Headlands State Park and Headlands Dunes and Mentor Marsh state nature preserves are adjacent to the city. Inc. city, 1963. Pop. (2000) city, 50,278; Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor MSA, 2,148,153; (2005 est.) city, 51,485; Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor MSA, 2,126,318.
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