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protégée

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

noun

  1. a woman under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in her career or welfare.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of protégée1

1770–80; < French, feminine of protégé protégé ( def )
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Example Sentences

But whin things begun to took tough f'r his protegee he suggested another honoraryum.

"I do not see what else can be done, my dear," she said to her protegee.

A sweet young girl, Olivia's protegee, completes the very limited dramatis person.

In Trumet she had made Mrs. Dott her protegee because it was her nature to patronize, and Serena had not resented the patronage.

Yet now that his protegee had been accepted by others, he questioned that judgment and became her critic.

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