protégé

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈpɹɒt.ə.ʒeɪ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈpɹoʊ.təˌʒeɪ/

Noun

protégé (plural protégés)

1. A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person or mentor.

   While Yau was in China, he visited Xi-Ping Zhu, a protégé of his who was now chairman of the mathematics department at Sun Yat-sen University. — Manifold Destiny by Sylvia Nasar and David Gruber, The New Yorker

Synonyms

• mentee (more informal)
• pupil

Related terms

• protégée (feminine form)

Translations

• French: protégé, protégée
• German: Günstling, Protegé (both with a negative connotation), Mündel, Schützling
• Portuguese: protegido
• Russian: протеже́

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