proteg

Updated: July 12, 2026

The treatment of others received a slight check from the kindness of Lord Windermear, who repeatedly asked me to his table; but I perceived that even there, although suffered as a proteg of his lordship, anything more than common civility was studiously avoided, in order that no intimacy might result. Mr Masterton, upon whom I occasionally called, saw that I was unwell and unhappy.

Frederick Marryat - Japhet, in Search of a Father

It is not wise for young ladies to join in every dance, nor should a young chaperon dance, leaving her proteg,e sitting.

Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood - Manners and Social Usages