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Definition of Protege
1. Noun. A person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career.
Definition of Protege
1. Noun. A person guided and protected by a more prominent person. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of protege) ¹
3. Noun. (alternative spelling of protégé) ¹
4. Noun. A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person or mentor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Protege
1. one whose career is promoted by an influential person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protege
Literary usage of Protege
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"Second son, was born the 22nd of July, 177*, and baptized the day following, the
duchess of Cumberland, who made her infant protege a handsome present on ..."
2. Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine by Douglas William Jerrold (1847)
"THE protege. By MRS. PONSONBY. 3 vols. post 8vo. H. Hurst. ... The " protege' "is
intended to be a novel of character, as the story has but little ..."
3. The Canada Law Journal by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1919)
"... law has been suspended in the interest of those who wear it, and the Legislature
promptly con'.es to the rescue of its protege and passes an amendment. ..."
4. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"It f. a person placed under one'« protection, protege, ... jew that lives at a
place under the protection of the chief magistrate; —finb, n. protege', ..."
5. English Songs: And Other Small Poems by Barry Cornwall (1851)
"I, who late Abhorred the crimsoning pride upon her cheek, Now read in it a
different history. Urge me no more. Henceforth I am her friend. 132.—^ protege. ..."
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