mentee

[men-tee]

noun

1. a person who is guided by a mentor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mentee¹

ment(or) + -ee

Example Sentences

Jaglom was a mentee and close confidant of acclaimed filmmaker and actor Orson Welles, whose farewell performance came in Jaglom’s 1987 comedy “Someone to Love,” which screened at the Cannes Film Festival.

From Los Angeles Times

“You don’t want the Fed to be influenced by who’s in charge of the country, because ideally the numbers exist outside of the political parties,” Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, the author of The Double Tax and a former mentee of Cook’s, told me.

From Slate

Also present are Michael B. Garnes, a photographer and Bridge mentee who has been meticulously documenting the process, and Altadena-based artist Sam Pace, whose Pasadena/Altadena roots reach back to the 1800s.

From Los Angeles Times

She has worked previously with the Dallas Morning News as a summer mentee and freelance illustrator, and more recently with Texas Monthly magazine as an art intern.

From Los Angeles Times

But the very dry Ava finds Deborah, as she always does, and the veteran finally gives her mentee what she’s needed.

From Salon

When To Use

What does mentee mean?

A mentee is the person being mentored by a mentor.A mentor is the main person you rely on to give you advice and guidance, especially in your career. If you have a mentor, you are the mentee. Mentee is only used in relation to a mentor.Example: I feel like I’ve learned more from my mentees than they have from me.