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protégée

Syllables: pro·té·géeUK/ˈpɹɒtəʒeɪ/US/ˈpɹoʊtəʒeɪ/

protégée noun: a female protégé.

Noun

protégée (plural protégées)

  1. A female protégé.
    • The Admiral delighted in the boy, Mrs. Crawford doted on the girl; and it was the lady's death which now obliged her protegée, after some months' further trial at her uncle's house, to find another home.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter IV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 81
    • “No, Cynthia is a protégée of my mother’s, the daughter of an old schoolfellow of hers, who married a rascally solicitor. He came a cropper, and the girl was left an orphan and penniless. My mother came to the rescue, and Cynthia has been with us nearly two years now.”1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 8

Forms of protégée

pluralprotégées

Origin of protégée

Borrowed from French protégée.

Questions about protégée

What does protégée mean?
Protégée means a female protégé.
What part of speech is protégée?
Protégée is a noun.
How do you pronounce protégée?
Protégée is pronounced /ˈpɹɒtəʒeɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of protégée?
The plural of protégée is protégées.

Words near protégée in the dictionary

  1. protypical
  2. Protzman
  3. Protzmans
  4. protégé
  5. protégé effect
  6. protégée
  7. protégées
  8. protégés
  9. proud
  10. proud as a peacock
  11. proud as Lucifer

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