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PROTEGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("protege" is a kind of...):
receiver; recipient (a person who receives something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "protege"):
protegee (a woman protege)