Explore Protégé through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like recipient or receiver. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Protégé meaning
A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor).
Using Protégé
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor).
- Useful related words include: recipient, receiver.
- In the example corpus, protégé often appears in combinations such as: his protégé, protégé of, protégé and.
Context around Protégé
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Protégé
- In this selection, "protégé" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, former, teenage, beloved, turned, vied and blur stand out and add context to how "protégé" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a mccarthy protégé now helms and a protégé of supreme. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "protégé" sits close to words such as accessorized, acs and adil, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with protégé
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Fittingly, a McCarthy protégé now helms the California Republican Party. (10 words)
Pompey, Sulla's protégé, vied with his patron and with Caesar for public recognition as her protégé. (17 words)
It has taken to fix concerns around how it applied the mentor-protégé program and joint ventures. (17 words)
For the first time in nearly 40 years, five-term former chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling will not be seen inside the Sikkim Assembly after a crushing defeat at the hands of protégé-turned-archrival Prem Singh Tamang's SKM. (40 words)
A hard-liner who formerly led the country’s judiciary, Raisi was viewed as a protégé of Khamenei and some analysts had suggested he could replace the 85-year-old leader after Khamenei’s death or resignation. (37 words)
In a sensational episode, Paul, who long believed himself to be the mastermind of the Traitors operation, alongside Ash, 45 and Miles, 36, and Harry, 22, was banished after Harry – his apparent Traitor protégé – turned on him. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Pompey, Sulla's protégé, vied with his patron and with Caesar for public recognition as her protégé.
An Oregon-based Olympic show jumper pleaded guilty on Tuesday to sexually abusing a teenage protégé, and accepted a 30-month prison term.
A seasoned veteran, Janet has represented Dr. Aaron Glassman () in several legal matters over the years, so he turns to her to represent his beloved protégé.
As the lines between master and protégé blur, class, ambition, and betrayal become a dangerous combination in this taut noir thriller.
Fittingly, a McCarthy protégé now helms the California Republican Party.
He finds his former protégé, Marcel, reigning power over its inhabitants, causing growing tension in the supernatural community.
It has taken to fix concerns around how it applied the mentor-protégé program and joint ventures.
The bad guys inserted in Ethan's skull an explosive micro-pellet similar to the one that killed his protégé, meaning he has a mere seven minutes to save Julia.
The band leader later recorded a hit song, A Fool In Love, with his protégé and gave her the stage name, before the two married in Tijuana, Mexico.
The last time a famous name disrupted an election, former President Theodore Roosevelt ran independently in 1912 against his former protégé William Howard Taft after failing to win the GOP nomination.
This change flipped the power dynamic between Michael and Ryan, putting Michael at a lower status than his supposed protégé.
While Batman's picked up a number of sidekicks over the years, Ghost-Maker's first attempt to create a protégé created a villainous foe.
Yoruichi nonchalantly knocked out dozens of trained Onmitsukido warriors before confronting and defeating her protégé, Suì-Fēng.
A hard-liner who formerly led the country’s judiciary, Raisi was viewed as a protégé of Khamenei and some analysts had suggested he could replace the 85-year-old leader after Khamenei’s death or resignation.
A protégé of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Raisi rose through the ranks of the Islamic Republic's judiciary and ultimately came to control it before turning his focus to the presidential seat.
Arce was once Morales’s protégé, but the two men are now in a bitter for control of Bolivia’s Movement for Socialism party.
For the first time in nearly 40 years, five-term former chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling will not be seen inside the Sikkim Assembly after a crushing defeat at the hands of protégé-turned-archrival Prem Singh Tamang's SKM.
In a sensational episode, Paul, who long believed himself to be the mastermind of the Traitors operation, alongside Ash, 45 and Miles, 36, and Harry, 22, was banished after Harry – his apparent Traitor protégé – turned on him.
In the following years Salmond fell out with his protégé and successor, Nicola Sturgeon, over her government’s handling of harassment complaints against him.
Prabowo’s local protégé, governor Abilio Osorio Soares, was deputy head of the board that determined who could invest in East Timor.
Common combinations with protégé
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- his protégé 21×
- protégé of 13×
- protégé and 6×
- her protégé 4×
- was protégé 4×
- young protégé 4×
- and protégé 3×
- the protégé 3×
- former protégé 2×
- as protégé 2×