protégé
Example Sentences
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A protege of former conservative PM Shinzo Abe and self-professed admirer of Margaret Thatcher, Takaichi, Japan's first female leader, is known as the country's "Iron Lady".
From BBC
He handed over power to his protege Roh Tae-woo.
From Barron's
Veteran Star Wars filmmaker and George Lucas protégé Dave Filoni has been named Lucasfilm’s president and chief creative officer.
He is in his early teens when he catches Shahnaz’s eye, and she and Hisham soon bring him to Lahore, where he learns to anticipate their every want and eventually becomes a protégé of the childless couple.
Equally compelling is Silas’s protégé, Barnaby, who claims to have David’s best interests at heart—until he tells David he intends “to get to know you and your every secret better than anyone ever has before.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
