Nestor
Americannoun
noun
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Greek myth the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War
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(sometimes not capital) a wise old man; sage
Example Sentences
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Mayor Nestor Archival said on Saturday that signs of life had been detected at the site in Cebu City, two days after the incident.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
"All response teams remain fully engaged in search and retrieval efforts to locate the remaining missing persons," Cebu Mayor Nestor Archival said in a Facebook post on Friday.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
She was also first lady from 2003-2007, when her late husband Nestor Kirchner was president.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
“They offered him opportunities to build with his hands and he was super motivated to give back,” Nestor explained.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2025
“If there were only other differences between Nestor 10 and the normal robots, differences that didn’t involve the First Law. Even one other difference. Something in impressionment, environment, specification—” And she stopped suddenly.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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