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Nestor
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | Date: 1996
Nestor name of a Homeric hero famous for his age and wisdom, used allus. for a wise old man. XVI.
© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996.
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