PROTEGE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("protege" is a kind of...):

receiver; recipient (a person who receives something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "protege"):

protegee (a woman protege)

Credits