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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But Ms. Sheinbaum, a protégée of Mr. López Obrador and fellow member of the corporatist Morena party, promised during her 2024 presidential campaign to improve the database’s accuracy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
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
“Black Barbie” looks at a Black toy company that produced multiracial dolls and a line within Mattel that was focused on stand-alone Black characters, created by Stacey McBride-Irby, a protégée of Perkins.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
I see Mrs. Zamick beaming at Ainsley, her protégée.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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
She was very busy with the beneficent work of providing her special protégées with the ugliest imaginable winter gowns and frocks.
From The Lovels of Arden by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
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