protege
IPA: prˈoʊtʌʒeɪ
noun
- Alternative form of protégé [A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor).]
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Examples of "protege" in Sentences
- 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.
- Jason, as his father's protege, is destined to probe the mysteries of the shell and the 'Hypotheticals' who created it.
- An “Einstein protege” had been casing a Boston bank for several days, waiting for just the right moment to commit robbery.
- His strong stand against Cold War communism got him identified as a protege of philosopher and Le Figaro columnist Raymond Aron.
- While he understands Pletcher's plight, he doesn't think his protege is worried about losing a possible Triple Crown to a stablemate.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
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