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protegé

protegé is the misspelling of protégé.

Meaning of protégé

Noun

protégé (plural protégés)

  1. A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor).
    • His status as a protégé of the great artist had many benefits, but was ultimately a burden.
    Synonyms:
    apprentice, mentee, pupil

Forms of protegé

pluralprotegés

Questions about protegé

What is protegé the misspelling of?
Protegé is the misspelling of protégé.

Words near protegé in the dictionary

  1. protegee
  2. protegees
  3. proteges
  4. protegrin
  5. protegrins
  6. protegé
  7. protegés
  8. protei
  9. proteic
  10. proteid
  11. proteide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: protegé (page history and authors); protégé (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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