protégé
Pronunciation:
/ˈpɹɒt.ə.ʒeɪ//ˈpɹoʊ.təˌʒeɪ/noun
Definitions
A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person or mentor.
Example: While Yau was in China, he visited Xi-Ping Zhu, a protégé of his who was now chairman of the mathematics department at Sun Yat-sen University. — Manifold Destiny by Sylvia Nasar and David Gruber, The New Yorker