protégée
/ˈpɹoʊtəʒeɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.92 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The Admiral delighted in the boy, Mrs. Crawford doted on the girl; and it was the lady's death which now obliged her protegée, after some months' further trial at her uncle's house, to find another home."
- "“No, Cynthia is a protégée of my mother’s, the daughter of an old schoolfellow of hers, who married a rascally solicitor. He came a cropper, and the girl was left an orphan and penniless. My mother came to the rescue, and Cynthia has been with us nearly two years now.”"
- "Though formerly a protégée and friend of [Nicolas] Sarkozy, [Rachida] Dati has fallen from grace in the past year, said John Lichfield in The Independent."
Etymology
Borrowed from French protégée.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɹoʊtəʒeɪ/
- British English: /ˈpɹɒtəʒeɪ/