MENTOR
NOUNS – PERSON
► ACARYA in India: a spiritual teacher or leader; an influential mentor → 1792
► GOOROO ► GURU an influential teacher; a mentor → 1810
► MONITRESS a female adviser, mentor, or admonisher → 1748
► MONITRIX a female guide, adviser, or mentor → 1611
► MOTHER HEN a homosexual mentor; one who introduced another to homosexual activity → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► OLD HEAD a mentor, a respected person → 1994 US sl.
► PYGMALION a mentor, spec. a male mentor of a woman → 1926
► RABBI a mentor or protector → 1970 US sl.
Lexicophilia 