Associations to the word «Nestor»

Wiktionary

NESTOR, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Strigopidae   — the kea and kaka.
NESTOR, proper noun. (Greek mythology) An old and wise king in Homer's Iliad.
NESTOR, proper noun. A male given name, rare in English.
NESTOR, noun. A wise old man, especially such a counselor.
NESTOR MERIDIONALIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Strigopidae   — the New Zealand kaka.
NESTOR NOTABILIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Strigopidae   — the kea.

Dictionary definition

NESTOR, noun. (Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy.
NESTOR, noun. A genus of Psittacidae.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats