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protégé

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in their career or welfare.

protégé

/ ˈprəʊtɪˌʒeɪ /

First recorded in 1780–90; from French, noun use of past participle of protéger “to protect” from Latin prōtegere; protect

C18: from French protéger to protect

Roosevelt must have been smiling from above at her protégé carrying on the work she had pioneered.

Beyoncé has a new protégé/rival, and his name is Michael Cera.

In 2001 he again became an Iranian protégé, fighting the Taliban from exile.

One of the last works in the exhibit is by Felix Tahar Aublet, a protégé of the French painter couple Sonia and Robert Delauney.

And, unlike most of the men on this show, that small fact has made him reticent to start a relationship with his new protégé.

The respectable fish-curer chuckled, and patted his protégé on the back.

The effect that the presence of the sympathetic woman produced upon his protégé put a new thought into Jim's mind.

Shuffles was the principal's pet, and he would support his protégé against everybody else on board.

If we knew more about his so-called imbecile protégé we should probably find some reason for the interest which Tycho took in him.

The arrival of Dell and the cowmen prevented further converse between Priest and his protégé.

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