mentoress

plural mentoresses · alternative mentress

1. A female mentor.

   “Men admire you in the ball-room,” say the mentors and mentoresses, “but they choose a wife from the home-circle.”

   1865, Gail Hamilton, A New Atmosphere, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, page 8

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   “Whatever temptation Plutus may offer,” said my worldly mentoress, “never, Lionel, let the golden bait induce you to marry any girl whose antecedents you must have to explain—whom you must be the first to introduce.

   1853, Margaret Charlotte Jones, Scattered Leaves: Or, Twilight Trifles, London: George Routledge and Co., page 441

   2. Employ outside freelance consultants for relatively higher fees rather than using an in-house employee, because: / • Good mentoresses are hard to find. / • A mentoress should be experienced in a variety of issues. / • Emotional knowledge is constantly changing. / • You may use different mentoresses for different assignments.

   2010, Jacob Levy, Kama Sense Marketing: A Love Affair with Your Customers, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 203

   Synonyms: mentrix