protégé
noun
pro·té·gé
ˈprō-tə-ˌzhā 
ˌprō-tə-ˈzhā
: one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence
Examples of protégé in a Sentence
He was a protégé of the great composer.
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The commanding but soft-voiced executive was a 6-foot-4 former basketball player, White House insider, corporate lawyer and protege of New York governor and U.S. vice president Nelson Rockefeller.
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Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Dec. 2024
Karate Kid: Legends, which released its trailer Tuesday, follows protege Li Fong, played by Ben Wang, who moves to New York with his mother after being uprooted from his Beijing home.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
Surveying the misgivings of music-business predecessors, peers, and would-be proteges, Kendrick signs up for a season of being light on his feet and straight to the point.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
Russell will head into 2025 as a team leader for the first time when 18-year-old Mercedes protege Andrea Kimi Antonelli joins him.
—Luke Smith, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
All will be led by musical director Damien Sneed, a longtime Clark protege and collaborator with her flagship family group, the Clark Sisters.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
Late last month, Xi purged one of his closest proteges in the military – a decades-old associate entrusted with instilling political loyalty in the PLA and vetting senior promotions.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
In this encounter, Lynch came out on top, with Stratus acknowledging and putting over her former protege, Zoey Stark, in the aftermath.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
The late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, a protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who came to power in 2021, pushed the program forward.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Dec. 2024
Karate Kid: Legends, which released its trailer Tuesday, follows protege Li Fong, played by Ben Wang, who moves to New York with his mother after being uprooted from his Beijing home.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
Surveying the misgivings of music-business predecessors, peers, and would-be proteges, Kendrick signs up for a season of being light on his feet and straight to the point.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
Russell will head into 2025 as a team leader for the first time when 18-year-old Mercedes protege Andrea Kimi Antonelli joins him.
—Luke Smith, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
All will be led by musical director Damien Sneed, a longtime Clark protege and collaborator with her flagship family group, the Clark Sisters.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
Late last month, Xi purged one of his closest proteges in the military – a decades-old associate entrusted with instilling political loyalty in the PLA and vetting senior promotions.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
In this encounter, Lynch came out on top, with Stratus acknowledging and putting over her former protege, Zoey Stark, in the aftermath.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
The late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, a protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who came to power in 2021, pushed the program forward.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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protégé
noun
pro·té·gé
ˈprōt-ə-ˌzhā
: a person under the care or training of someone influential especially for the furthering of his or her career
Etymology
French, from protéger "to protect"
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