Nestor

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nestor \Nes"tor\, prop. n. (Zool.)
     A genus of parrots with gray heads, of New Zealand and Papua,
     allied to the cockatoos. See {Kaka}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Nestor
       n 1: (Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy
       2: a genus of Psittacidae [syn: {genus Nestor}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "nestor":
     Dutch uncle, Polonius, admonisher, adviser, backseat driver,
     buttinsky, confidant, consultant, counsel, counselor, expert,
     guide, instructor, kibitzer, meddler, mentor, monitor, orienter,
     preceptist, teacher
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "Nestor":
     Buddha, Confucius, Father Time, Gandhi, Mentor, Methuselah,
     Old Paar, Plato, Socrates, Solomon, centenarian, dotard, elder,
     gaffer, geezer, golden-ager, gramps, grandfather, grandsire,
     graybeard, nonagenarian, octogenarian, old chap, old codger,
     old dog, old duffer, old geezer, old gent, old gentleman, old man,
     old party, old-timer, older, oldster, pantaloon, patriarch,
     presbyter, senior citizen, septuagenarian, sexagenarian,
     the quiet-voiced elders, venerable sir, veteran