Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A person guided and protected by a more prominent person.
Examples
“While he understands Pletcher's plight, he doesn't think his protege is worried about losing a possible Triple Crown to a stablemate.”
“His strong stand against Cold War communism got him identified as a protege of philosopher and Le Figaro columnist Raymond Aron.”
The Huffington Post: Eric Ehrmann: Sarkozy Adviser Minc Triggers French Death Panel Debate
“Jason, as his father's protege, is destined to probe the mysteries of the shell and the 'Hypotheticals' who created it.”
“If Eugene were convinced that using the word protege in this sense were widespread which he does not seem to be, clearly there would be noissue.”
“Eugene does not like this or does not believe it, and so he is going a little crazy trying to swat down those of us using the word protege in this widely accepted way.”
“An “Einstein protege” had been casing a Boston bank for several days, waiting for just the right moment to commit robbery.”
“CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that the courier was described as a protege of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed, and the man who delivered bin Laden's orders to al Qaeda operatives in the field.”
“There was a sense that the U.S. foreign policy establishment was shaking off its long-term protege in Cairo, while the administration lagged behind the columnists and commentators.”
“After all, how Eugene’s law firm uses the word protege does not really impact on 1, but does have a big impact on 2.”
“Anyone who has followed Eugene’s series of posts on this question should understand that he does not wish to, as Counterfactual states, “swat down those of us using the word protege in this widely accepted way.””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘protege’.
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POL - people in power
daredevil, tzar, king, boss, master, commander, chief, kingpin, top banana, bigwig, big cheese, big wheel and 452 more...
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PHIL - vocabulary of thinking
Athenian, Socratic, philosopher, dialogue, philosophy, philosophical, politic, stubborn, bright, smart, thoughtful, extrapolate and 243 more...
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SPOR - Olympic glossary
hurdle, tempo, consortium, caption, mutual understanding, jury, radio, javelin, extra time, boxing, Lander, European and 521 more...
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Brand Theft Auto
A marque list for cars--models or companies who've used common words as their name.
explorer, navigator, frontier, mustang, quest, cougar, sidekick, legend, legacy, ranger, voyager, civic and 266 more...
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January 2012
bloviate, pastiche, apparat, facile, paroxysm, pique, bedfellow, pedigree, tutelage, protege, protégé, retroactive and 196 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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kalidas's Words
crepuscular, mellifluous, ephemeral, diaphanous, zeitgeist, geisterfahrer, infinite, eternal, idyllic, azure, reminiscent, oblivion and 521 more...
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From Book - SAT & College Dictionary ...
ebb, exotic, immure, abeyance, panegyric, debonair, protege, dissipate, frantic, penitent, abject, edify and 871 more...
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Hodges English 10 Vocab
All the vocab will get in class over the year.
aberration, acrimony, adduce, anthropomorphous, caitiff, chagrin, clement, connote, deluge, deride, dissemble, edify and 213 more...
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Vocalublary Awareness
Words I need to use more to increase my vocabulary.
incredulous, egregious, prolific, ubiquitous, aplomb, resilience, persevere, punctilious, perspicacious, inordinate, articulate, enunciate and 199 more...
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thricedotted's Words
schadenfreude, vanquish, calumny, obsequious, rhapsody, expostulate, promontory, bordello, quintessence, catharsis, recapitulation, myriad and 937 more...
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Pleasing words
A list of miscellaneous words, fitting in no exact theme, that I happen to enjoy.
portmanteau, aesthetic, deviation, conglomerate, treachery, soluble, bildungsroman, soliloquy, irrevocable, effervescent, phrontistery, aeipathy and 180 more...
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Lyrical Listing
Words I find personally pleasing either in letter arrangement, sound, or meaning.
dulcet, seraphic, opalescent, abattoir, nonpareil, love-philtre, cervine, dalliance, skylark, svelte, palindrome, evenfall and 54 more...
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French Spelling Bee List
just putting some words on here for other peoples use..............and mine
peloton, pacifism, bureaucracy, mystique, dressage, denture, cachet, diplomat, foyer, rehearse, diorama, boudoir and 53 more...
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