protégée
Americannoun
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
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
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