"protégé" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹɒt.ə.ʒeɪ/ [UK], /ˈpɹoʊ.təˌʒeɪ/ [US] Forms: protégés [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French protégé, past participle of protéger (“to protect”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|protégé}} French protégé Head templates: {{en-noun}} protégé (plural protégés)
  1. A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor). Wikipedia link: protégé (disambiguation) Categories (topical): People Synonyms: apprentice, mentee (english: more informal), pupil, protege Derived forms: protégé effect Related terms: protégée [feminine], ward Translations (person who is guided and supported): ربيب (rabīb) (Arabic), مَحْمِيّ (maḥmiyy) (Arabic), 門徒 (Chinese Mandarin), 门徒 (méntú) (Chinese Mandarin), protegé [masculine] (Dutch), beschermeling [masculine] (Dutch), suojatti (Finnish), protégé [masculine] (French), protégée [feminine] (French), Günstling [masculine] (German), Protegé (note: both with a negative connotation) [masculine] (German), Mündel [neuter] (German), Schützling [masculine] (German), προστατευόμενος (prostatevómenos) [masculine] (Greek), προστατευομένη (prostatevoméni) [feminine] (Greek), védenc (Hungarian), pártfogolt (Hungarian), 子飼い (kogai) (alt: こがい) (Japanese), プロテジェ (puroteje) (Japanese), 門徒 (monto) (alt: ものと) (Japanese), メンティー (mentī) (Japanese), пулен (pulen) [masculine] (Macedonian), paruhi (Maori), poipoinga (Maori), شاگرد (shãgerd) (Persian), protegowany [masculine] (Polish), protegowana [feminine] (Polish), pupilo [masculine] (Portuguese), протеже́ (protɛžé) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), штићеник [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), štićenik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), protegé [common-gender] (Swedish), skyddsling [common-gender] (Swedish), tagapagtanod (Tagalog), çırak (Turkish), протеже́ (protežé) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian)

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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "puroteje",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "word": "プロテジェ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ものと",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "monto",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "word": "門徒"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mentī",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "word": "メンティー"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pulen",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пулен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "word": "paruhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "word": "poipoinga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "shãgerd",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "word": "شاگرد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "protegowany"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "protegowana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pupilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protɛžé",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "протеже́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "штићеник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "štićenik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "protegé"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skyddsling"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "word": "tagapagtanod"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "word": "çırak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "protežé",
      "sense": "person who is guided and supported",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "протеже́"
    }
  ],
  "word": "protégé"
}

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