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protegee

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pro·té·gée  (prt-zh, prt-zh)
n.
A woman or girl whose welfare, training, or career is promoted by an influential person.
[French, feminine of protégé, protégé; see protégé.]
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Noun1.protegee - a woman protege
protege - a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career
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He had spoken slightingly of women's education in general, and had said that Hannah, Anna's English protegee, had not the slightest need to know anything of physics.
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With more care for the safety of her new gown than for the comfort of her protegee, Mrs.
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Crawford doted on the girl; and it was the lady's death which now obliged her protegee, after some months' further trial at her uncle's house, to find another home.
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