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protege

/ˈpɹoʊtəˌʒeɪ/

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What does protege mean?

noun

  1. Alternative form of protégé.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpɹoʊtəˌʒeɪ/

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Not even the gray-haired pioneers who have lived with the telephone since its birth, can understand their protege.
Herbert Newton CassonThe History of the TelephoneProject Gutenberg ebook #819
But King Hiero had discovered that his protege had wonderful mechanical ingenuity, and he made good use of this discovery.
Henry Smith Williams; Edward Huntington WilliamsA History of Science — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #1705
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He wondered whether his cousin was not sacrificing the faculty of reverence in her clever protege to her need for amusement.
Henry JamesRoderick HudsonProject Gutenberg ebook #176
Recollect, when you write, that I am a sort of protege of yours, and that it is your bounden duty to lecture me.
Charles DarwinLife and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2087
At this point Sola returned with our meager belongings and her young Martian protege, who, of course, would have to share the quarters with them.
Edgar Rice BurroughsA princess of MarsProject Gutenberg ebook #62