protégée
Americannoun
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protégées
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of protégée
1770–80; < French, feminine of protégé protégé ( def. )
Example Sentences
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When their bus breaks down on the way to a showcase, a troupe of ballerinas led by “Dance Moms” alum and one-time Sia protégée Maddie Ziegler becomes stranded in a remote hotel-bar-dungeon-arms factory outside Budapest.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
Leading the challenge from the right is former culture minister Rachida Dati, 60, one-time protégée of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
Now Tutberidze is back with her latest protégée.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
One terrific scene, in which an older Lenny gently corrects a young student’s conducting technique, could be a direct rebuke of his chillier fictional protégée, Lydia Tár.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
As Golos's lover and his main espionage protégée, Elizabeth Bentley quickly became indispensable to Stalin's underground operation in the United States.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Summers and Bryant said it’s in their best interests to help train aspiring female stunt drivers so that their protégées can lead by example.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
While most Florida python hunters are men, Kalil and one of her protégées, Amy Siewe, have proven to be highly effective eradicators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
But it is most poignant for telling a now-familiar story: one of a powerful man and his protégées.
From Economist ● Jul. 4, 2018
Many of pop’s tough young queens are wielding more control than ever before over image and career matters—Nicki Minaj is a case in point—but many, too, remain protégées of male stars or producers.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2014
The party who brought it about looked to see their protégées become a contented, hard-working peasantry, in place of driven cattle, as they called them.
From The West Indies and the Spanish Main by James Rodway
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