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protégé

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
protégé /ˈprɒtɪʒeɪ, -tɛʒeɪ, ˈprəʊ-/

▶noun (fem. protégée pronunc. same) a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.

– origin C18: Fr., lit. ‘protected’, past part. of protéger.

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protégé - take

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