Protege Definition

prōtəshā, prōtəshā
proteges
noun
A person guided and helped, esp. in the furtherance of his or her career, by another, more influential person.
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Noun

Singular:
protege
Plural:
proteges, protegs, protgs

Origin of Protege

  • French from past participle of protéger to protect from Old French from Latin prōtegere protect

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

  • Borrowed from French protégé, past participle of protéger (“to protect").

    From Wiktionary

Protege Sentence Examples

  • During the previous war the peshwa had been the protege and ally of the British; and since the war he had fallen more completely than before under British protection - British political officers and British troops being stationed at his capital.

  • For two months Philip acted as though the king were still his protege.

  • All attempts to induce Pippin to throw over his new protege failed, and from this time onward the nominal dependence of Rome and the papacy on emperors at Constantinople ceased.

  • Bayezid had taken advantage of his absence to defeat the ruler of Erzingan, a protege of Timur.

  • He was accompanied into exile by his young protege Hildebrand (afterwards pope as Gregory VII.), and was succeeded by Clement II.

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