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Definition of protégé noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

protégé

noun

(protégée) noun

NAmE//ˈproʊt̮əˌʒeɪ//

, NAmE//ˌproʊt̮əˈʒeɪ//

(from French)

a young person who is helped in their career and personal development by a more experienced person a protégé of the great violinist Yehudi Menuhin

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