Protege
[prәutәʒei]
Definition
(noun.) a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career.
Checker: Wayne--From WordNet
Definition
(n. f.) Alt. of Protegee
Typist: Lucinda
Examples
- In defence of your protege you can even be saucy. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Meanwhile she lay on her bed with old Joanna at her side, for even in her wanderings she did not forget her forlorn protege. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- At this point Sola returned with our meager belongings and her young Martian protege, who, of course, would have to share the quarters with them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I am quite pleased with your protege, she said to Mr. Brooke before going away. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- My protege, as you call him, is a sensible man; and sense will always have attractions for me. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Even the poor deer, our antlered proteges, were obliged to fall for the sake of worthier pensioners. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Checker: Ophelia