mentee

noun

men·​tee men-ˈtē How to pronounce mentee (audio)
: one who is being mentored : protégé
nearly all the mentees opted to remain in the sciencesSally Rubenstone

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Ben is Fred’s (Hamm) mentee at WIBC news. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025 Your goal shouldn’t be to help the mentee solve a problem, but to build a toolkits to solve future problems. Elizabeth MacBride, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 In the thriller, set in the world of higher education, Roberts stars as a beloved college professor who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when her mentee (Ayo Edebiri) accuses a friend and colleague (Andrew Garfield) of crossing a line. Ellise Shafer, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025 Roberts brings a jolt of invigorating fury to one of the movie’s strongest scenes, in which the mentor rips into her mentee in public on a campus square with a fully detailed character assassination. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mentee

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mentee was in 1965

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“Mentee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mentee. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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