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[ nes-ter, -tawr ] / ˈnɛs tər, -tɔr /
noun Classical Mythology.the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos. Words nearby Nestornesting, nesting table, nestle, nestling, nest of drawers, Nestor, Nestorian, Nestorianism, Nestorius, net, Netaji Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for NestorWith names like Nestor, Clarissa, and Ludwig, the characters are equally referential. This Week's Hot Reads: October 7, 2013|Damaris Colhoun|October 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST Nestor Ramirez, a book promoter from Mexico City was equally pessimistic. Mexico: Allegations of Fraud Follow Peña Nieto|Teresa Puente|November 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST Wish Nestor Carbonell had more to do.Verdict: Crossed lines. TV Preview: Snap Judgments of 2011-2012's New Shows|Jace Lacob, Maria Elena Fernandez|June 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST He spotted Nestor Gabriel Caballero Gutierrez, 39, of Aloha, Oregon, limping down the road. Behind the Gert Boyle Kidnap Attempt|Winston Ross|November 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Nestor, in the chariot of Diomede, goes against Hector, whose charioteer is slain by Diomede. The Iliad of Homer (1873)|Homer Maybe we can find the batteries somewhere in the dirt, suggested Nestor. The Motor Boys Overland|Clarence Young And the goddess told Telemachus that Nestor, the King whom he had come to seek, was on the shore. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy|Padriac Colum Here a six-foot Stoic, the Nestor of the glen, is very formally going through the ceremony of loading. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Vol. XV., No. 85. January, 1875.|Various Another indeed would have removed it with difficulty from the table, being full; but aged Nestor raised it without difficulty. The Iliad of Homer (1873)|Homer
British Dictionary definitions for Nestor
nounGreek myth the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War (sometimes not capital) a wise old man; sage Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |