Protégée

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: en, /ˈpɹɒteÊ’eɪ/
• GA IPA: en, /ˈpɹoÊŠtəʒeɪ/
• or as in French
• Hyphenation: en + pro + té + gée

Origin

Borrowed from .

Full definition of protégée

Noun

1. 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?”, 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.----