Protégée
Pronunciation
- RP IPA: en, /ˈpɹɒteʒeɪ/
- GA IPA: en, /ˈpɹoʊtəʒeɪ/
- or as in French
- Hyphenation: en + pro + té + gée
Origin
Borrowed from .
Full definition of protégée
Noun
protégée
(plural protégées)- A female protégé.
- Austen Mansfield Park|chapter=IV|volume=I|page=81|passage=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.
- 2009 January 31, “Rachida Dati: why was she fired?â€, in The Week, issue 700, page 21:Though formerly a protégée and friend of Nicolas Sarkozy, has fallen from grace in the past year, said John Lichfield in The Independent.----