Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prot'eg'e \Pro`t['e]`g['e]"\, n. m. Prot'eg'ee
\Pro`t['e]`g['e]e"\, n. f.[F., p. p. of prot['e]ger. See
   {Protect}.]
   One under the care and protection of another.