protégée

[ proh-tuh-zhey, proh-tuh-zhey ]

noun

1. a woman under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in her career or welfare.

Word History and Origins

Origin of protégée¹

1770–80; < French, feminine of protégé protégé ( def )

Example Sentences

But whin things begun to took tough f'r his protegee he suggested another honoraryum.

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"I do not see what else can be done, my dear," she said to her protegee.

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A sweet young girl, Olivia's protegee, completes the very limited dramatis person.

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In Trumet she had made Mrs. Dott her protegee because it was her nature to patronize, and Serena had not resented the patronage.

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Yet now that his protegee had been accepted by others, he questioned that judgment and became her critic.

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Related Words

• applicant
• buyer
• consumer
• patient
• patron
• shopper