Nestor

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Nestor
    n 1: (Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at
         Troy
    2: a genus of Psittacidae [syn: {Nestor}, {genus Nestor}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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

    

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