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Nestor definition

Nes·tor (nes′tər, -tôr′)

noun

  1. a masculine name
  2. Gr. Myth. a wise old counselor on the side of the Greeks at Troy
  3. any wise old man

Etymology: L < Gr Nestōr, lit., the one who returns, akin to neomai, I return < IE base *nes-, to unite, be concealed > Goth nasjan, to save, OE nesan, to survive

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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