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protégée

[proh-tuh-zhey, proh-tuh-zhey] / ˈproʊ təˌʒeɪ, ˌproʊ təˈʒeɪ /

NOUN

client

Synonyms

STRONGEST

applicant buyer consumer patient patron shopper

STRONG

believer chump dependent disciple follower front head mark purchaser walk-in ward

WEAK

habitué protégé

Antonyms

STRONGEST

manager marketer

STRONG

rear

WEAK

owner

NOUN

ward

Synonyms

STRONGEST

care

STRONG

charge child client dependent godchild guardianship keeping minor orphan pensioner protection pupil safekeeping trust

WEAK

adopted child foster child protégé

Antonyms

STRONG

adult

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While Graham Protegee Janet Eilber danced the part of Adulteress Hester Prynne in the classic Puritan story, the role of the Rev. Dimmesdale went to celebrated Russian Expatriate Rudolf Nureyev.

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