Nestor is a noun referring to a wise old man, named in honor of Nestor, king of Pylos, a counselor in the Trojan War.
Nestor es un sustantivo que se refiere a un hombre viejo y sabio, nombrado en honor a Néstor, rey de Pilos, un consejero en la Guerra de Troya.
| Front | nestor \NES-tuhr\ |
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| Back | noun A wise old man. [From Nestor, king of Pylos, who was the oldest and wisest of the Greeks and served as a counselor in the Trojan War. Earliest documented use: around 1510.] "Roland Shaw was not only an oil man; he was the Nestor of the oil business, there when the first donkey nodded." |
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