protégé

/ˈpɹoʊtəˌʒeɪ/

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Frequency: 2.76 in modern English

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noun

"His status as a protégé of the great artist had many benefits, but was ultimately a burden."
"While Yau was in China, he visited Xi-Ping Zhu, a protégé of his who was now chairman of the mathematics department at Sun Yat-sen University."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin pro- Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-der. Proto-Italic *tegō Latin tegō Latin prōtegerebor. French protéger French protégébor. English protégé Borrowed from French protégé, past participle of protéger (“to protect”).

protégés (plural) protege (alternative)

protégé effect

protégée ward

protege protegé

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