Mentee
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who is being mentored.
"Near-synonyms: apprentice, buddy (in training sense), intern, pupil, student, trainee"
- 2 one who is being mentored wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"Near-synonyms: apprentice, buddy (in training sense), intern, pupil, student, trainee"
Etymology
Back-formation from mentor. Although mentor comes from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr), the name of a mythological figure, it was mistakenly analyzed as terminating in the suffix -or (“doer”), leading to a form using the French patientive suffix -ee on the model of pairs such as donor–donee and employer–employee. Attested since at least 1958.