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protégé, n.|ˈprɒtɛʒeɪ|
Also fem. protégée.
[F., ‘(one) protected’, pa. pple. of protéger, ad. L. prōtegĕre to protect.]
One who is under the protection or care of another, esp. of a person of superior position or influence.
1778Sheridan Camp ii. iii, And very à propos, here comes your ladyship's protégée. 1786Lounger (1787) II. 243 She looked upon me as her particular protegée. 1787Beckford Italy (1834) II. 206 An immense tray of dried fruits..which one of his hundred and fifty protégés had sent him. 1801M. Edgeworth Belinda (1831) II. xxv. 178 He may be a protegé of Lady Anne Percival. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxiv, Mrs. Saddletree..distressed about the situation of her unfortunate protegée. 1825–9Mrs. Sherwood Lady of Manor IV. xxiv. 172 The little orphan girl, who had been the protegée of my dear husband. 1908Athenæum 1 Feb. 126/1 As a distinguished physician and as the protégé of prominent personages in Church and State. |