protégée
[ proh-tuh-zhey, proh-tuh-zhey ]
noun
a woman under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in her career or welfare.
Origin of protégée
11770–80; <French, feminine of protégé protégé
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use protégée in a sentence
I want you to meet two of cousin's protegees here—Bessie King and Zara, the mysterious.
The Camp Fire Girls at the Seashore | Jane L. StewartIn the little drawing-room when the door was shut, he asked gravely: "One of your protegees?"
Five Tales | John GalsworthyThey are hateful, your protegees, but—je ne leur veux pas de mal.
The Awakening | Leo Nikoleyevich TolstoyThe lottery gone, what means have we of providing for our protegees?
Economic Sophisms | Frederic BastiatFrom being the protegees of an opposition clique, they became assets of the official majority of the nation.
Queen Victoria | Lytton Strachey
Browse