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protégée

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

/ ˈproʊ təˌʒeɪ, ˌproʊ təˈʒeɪ /

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noun

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

Origin of protégée

1770–80; < French, feminine of protégé protégé

Words nearby protégée

protuberant abdomen, protuberate, proturan, protyle, protégé, protégée, proud, proud as a peacock, proud flesh, proudful, proudhearted

Example sentences from the Web for protegee

I shall employ it now, for my protegee, Miss Trant, will be my only manager.

A Crooked Path |Mrs. Alexander
Her first protegee married well, under her auspices, and from henceforth her house was rarely empty.

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

Cap'n Dan's Daughter |Joseph C. Lincoln
A sweet young girl, Olivia's protegee, completes the very limited dramatis person.

Louisa May Alcott |Louisa May Alcott

As she was leaving the Rostovs she called her protegee aside.

War and Peace |Leo Tolstoy