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protege

protege is the alternative form 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 protege

pluralproteges

Questions about protege

What is protege the alternative form of?
Protege is the alternative form of protégé.

Words near protege in the dictionary

  1. protectress
  2. protectresses
  3. protectrices
  4. protectrix
  5. protects
  6. protege
  7. protegee
  8. protegees
  9. proteges
  10. protegrin
  11. protegrins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: protege (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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