Hyphenation of proteges

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word proteges? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pro-teges

Definitions of proteges:

1.	A person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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