protégée

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See also: protegee

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French protégée.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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protégée (plural protégées)

  1. A female protégé.
    • 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter IV, in Mansfield Park: [], volume I, London: [] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, [], →OCLC, page 81:
      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, number 700, page 21:
      Though formerly a protégée and friend of [Nicolas] Sarkozy, [Rachida] Dati has fallen from grace in the past year, said John Lichfield in The Independent.

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.te.ʒe/
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Participle

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protégée f sg

  1. feminine singular of protégé

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