protégénoun [ C ]
uk/ˈprɒt.ə.ʒeɪ/us/ˈprɑː.t̬ə.ʒeɪ/a young person who is helped and taught by an older and usually famous person:
The young composer regarded himself as Berg's protégé.
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Students & pupils
- -grader
- alumna
- alumnus
- attrition
- batchmate
- boarder
- entrant
- frosh
- graduate
- infant
- intern
- internship
- learner
- pupil
- schoolgirl
- schoolmate
- sixth-former
- sophomore
- student
- theologian
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