2. Noun. (plural of protegé cap=true) ¹
3. Noun. (plural of protégé) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proteges
1. protege [n] - See also: protege
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proteges
Literary usage of Proteges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1905)
"... diplomatic protection of another State's citizens abroad, and in this case
the protected foreign subjects are named "proteges" of the protecting States. ..."
2. Lives of Indian Officers by John William Kaye (1889)
"pany's proteges were sent away as empty-handed as those who came from the King
and Queen. A consistent perseverance in a course of this kind, though at the ..."
3. The Khedive's Egypt: Or, The Old House of Bondage Under New Masters by Edwin De Leon (1877)
"Peculiar privileges of foreign consuls-general and their proteges—The new mixed
tribunals superseding consular authority—A few words about them, ..."
4. Memoirs of an American Lady: With Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America by Anne MacVicar Grant (1846)
"CHAPTER LI. Death of Captain Dalziel.—Sudden decease of an Indian chief.—Madame.—Her
proteges. MEANTIME an express arrived ..."
5. Memoirs of Constant, the Emperor Napoleon's Head Valet: Containing Details by Louis Constant Wairy Constant, Percy Pinkerton (1896)
"... is promised a dowry—The Empress's loss of memory—She provides my sister-in-law
with a husband —Madame Vigogne and the Empress's proteges—The schoolgirl ..."
6. The Question of Aborigines in the Law and Practice of Nations, Including a by Alpheus Henry Snow, United States Dept. of State (1919)
"The natives who were not proteges came into conflict with the proteges. ...
It was evident that if the practice of creating proteges were carried ..."
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