Mentee

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is being mentored.

    "Near-synonyms: apprentice, buddy (in training sense), intern, pupil, student, trainee"

  2. 2
    one who is being mentored wordnet

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mentoreeapprenticebuddyinternmentoreeprotégé

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"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.

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