Definition of "protégé" [protege]

• A person guided and protected by a more prominent person. (noun)

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• "While he understands Pletcher's plight, he doesn't think his protege is worried about losing a possible Triple Crown to a stablemate."
• "His strong stand against Cold War communism got him identified as a protege of philosopher and Le Figaro columnist Raymond Aron."
• "Jason, as his father's protege, is destined to probe the mysteries of the shell and the 'Hypotheticals' who created it."