Protegee Definition

prōtəshā, prōtəshā
noun
A woman or girl whose welfare, training, or career is promoted by an influential person.
American Heritage

A female protégé.

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Other Word Forms of Protegee

Noun

Singular:
protegee
Plural:
protegees, protges

Origin of Protegee

  • French feminine of protégé protégé protégé

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French protégée.

    From Wiktionary

Protegee Sentence Examples

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

  • She could not marry Philip II., but she held out hopes to more than one of his Austrian cousins whenever France or Mary Stuart seemed to threaten; and later she encouraged two French princes when Philip had lost patience with Elizabeth and made Mary Stuart his protegee.

  • Abigail, however, soon ventured to talk "business," and in the summer of 1707 the duchess discovered to her indignation that her protegee had already undermined her influence with the queen and had become the medium of Harley's intrigue.

  • In the absence of Decazes a new favourite was found to amuse the king's old age, Madame du Cayla (Zoe Talon, comtesse du Cayla), a protegee of the vicomte Sosthene de la Rochefoucauld and consequently a creature of the Ultras.

  • I have a protegee, the young Rostova, here.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

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