NESTOR


Meaning of NESTOR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnes-tər, -ˌtȯr ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek Nestōr

Date: 14th century

1. : a king of Pylos who serves in his old age as a counselor to the Greeks at Troy

2. often not capitalized : one who is a patriarch or leader in a field

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.