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[ noun ] a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career

Used in print

(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)

With Hudson looking_on , his protege Greene picked a fight with the ship 's surgeon , Edward_Wilson .

Related terms

recipient protegee

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Rhymes with

piaget

Phonetic and Homophones

P R OW1 T AH0 ZH EY2

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protegee Proteus protest protect protease protester protector protected protesting Protestant protective protection protecting Proteaceae protist pretzel pretext Pridgen Pritchett Pridgeon

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