Nestor
Nestor definition
Nes·tor (nes′tər, -tôr′)
noun
- a masculine name
- Gr. Myth. a wise old counselor on the side of the Greeks at Troy
- 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
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