Nestor


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Nes·tor

 (nĕs′tər, -tôr′)
n. Greek Mythology
1. A hero celebrated as an elderly and wise counselor to the Greeks at Troy.
2. often nestor A venerable and wise old man.

[Greek Nestōr.]
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Nestor

(ˈnɛstɔː)
n
1. (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War
2. (sometimes not capital) a wise old man; sage
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Nes•tor

(ˈnɛs tər, -tɔr)

n.
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War.
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nestorian, nestor - Nestorian means wise and aged, and a nestor is a senior figure or leader in one's field.
See also related terms for leader.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Nestor - (Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at TroyNestor - (Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
2.Nestor - a genus of Psittacidae
bird genus - a genus of birds
family Psittacidae, Psittacidae - coextensive with the order Psittaciformes
kea, Nestor notabilis - large brownish-green New Zealand parrot
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Translations
Нестор
References in classic literature ?
Presently she said, "Telemachus, you must not be in the least shy or nervous; you have taken this voyage to try and find out where your father is buried and how he came by his end; so go straight up to Nestor that we may see what he has got to tell us.
"But how, Mentor," replied Telemachus, "dare I go up to Nestor, and how am I to address him?
There they found Nestor sitting with his sons, while his company round him were busy getting dinner ready, and putting pieces of meat on to the spits {26} while other pieces were cooking.
Nestor. A moment later I was ushered into his presence, to find myself clasping hands with the sort of chap that the world holds only too few of.
The day following my arrival at Algiers we left for the south, Nestor having made all arrangements in advance, guessing, as he naturally did, that I could be coming to Africa for but a single purpose--to hasten at once to the buried telegraph-instrument and wrest its secret from it.
Had it not been for the chance that caused Cogdon Nestor to throw down his sleeping rug directly over the hidden instru-ment, it might still be clicking there unheard--and this story still unwritten.
This he did, stopping at the home of Mary Nestor, a pretty girl, who, rumor had it, was tacitly engaged to Tom.
Nestor. "Tom Swift dropped in during the course of the evening," she added to Ned, "and Mary introduced him to Professor Beecher.
It hovered over his head in the likeness of Nestor, son of Neleus, whom Agamemnon honoured above all his councillors, and said:--
But first he summoned a meeting of the elders at the ship of Nestor king of Pylos, and when they were assembled he laid a cunning counsel before them.
"My friends," said he, "I have had a dream from heaven in the dead of night, and its face and figure resembled none but Nestor's.
Diomedes and Nestor put out to sea and get safely home.