protégée
noun
a woman under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in her career or welfare.
protégées
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pluralof protégée.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
The lesson took with one of Ms. Mikulski’s protégées, Senator Patty Murray, the Washington Democrat who joined the Senate in 1993 and rose to become chairwoman of the Senate Budget Committee.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2013
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
