Synonyms for nestor
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nes-ter, -tawr |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɛs tər, -tɔr |
Définition of nestor
Origin :- name for "old king renowned for wise counsel," 1580s, from Greek, name of the aged and wise hero in the "Iliad," king of Pylus, who outlived three generations. Klein says the name is literally "one who blesses," and is related to nostimos "blessed;" Watkins connects it with the root of the first element in nostalgia.
- As in adviser : noun mentor
- "You wrote some remarkable things for the Nestor," said the colonel, now hesitating.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- "Of course it is, Jennie, or he wouldn't be out in it," said Miss Nestor hastily.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Motor-boat » by Victor Appleton
- Thus he said: but the Gerenian knight Nestor disobeyed him not.
- Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer (1873) » by Homer
- But he hastened to go to Nestor, the shepherd of the people.
- Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer (1873) » by Homer
- Agamemnon and the other wounded chiefs visit the battle with Nestor.
- Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer (1873) » by Homer
- "It is a wonder that Nestor permitted you to leave the boat," observed the other.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts in the Philippines » by G. Harvey Ralphson
- Nestor, the Russian historian, tells us the story of Igor's death.
- Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.
- The Nestor of the faculty was Daubenton, who was born in 1716.
- Extract from : « Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution » by Alpheus Spring Packard
- The assembly dispersed, and Nestor, with his guest and his sons, retired to his palace.
- Extract from : « Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca » by Homer
- Nestor recognized that Telemachos was attended by the goddess, and offered a prayer to her.
- Extract from : « Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca » by Homer
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