protege
GUIDANCE RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH A MORE EXPERIENCED OR MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON HELPS TO GUIDE A LESS EXPERIENCED OR LESS KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON
Mentorship programmes; Mentors; Protege; Protégé; Mentoring; Protégée; Protegee; Mentor (role); Protegé; Mentoring in Europe; Mentee; Mentoree; Mentor; Mentorships; Mentoring Programs
(proteges)
Note: The spelling 'protegee' is often used when referring to a woman.
The protege of an older and more experienced person is a young person who is helped and guided by them over a period of time.
He had been a protege of Captain James.
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