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protegee

protegee is the alternative spelling of protégée.

Meaning of protégée

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

Forms of protegee

pluralprotegees

Questions about protegee

What is protegee the alternative spelling of?
Protegee is the alternative spelling of protégée.

Words near protegee in the dictionary

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

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