mentor/mentee

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Mon Dec 9 22:47:49 UTC 2002


On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 02:46:14PM -0800, Peter Richardson wrote:
> Has anyone heard _mentee_? The pattern is obvious (cf. lessor/lessee), but
> I wonder about the specific form. (Personally, I like manatee.)

OED Online has an entry for _mentee_ with a first cite from 1965.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED



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