English

Noun

protégé ‎(plural protégés)

1. A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person or mentor.

   While Yau was in China, he visited Xi-Ping Zhu, a protégé of his who was now chairman of the mathematics department at Sun Yat-sen University. — Manifold Destiny by Sylvia Nasar and David Gruber, The New Yorker

Related terms

• protégée (feminine form)

Synonyms

• mentee (more informal)
• pupil

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.te.ʒe/

Verb

protégé m ‎(feminine singular protégée, masculine plural protégés, feminine plural protégées)

1. past participle of protéger (protected)