What is the sponsored party called?
Google results for sponsee have scattered definitions in unreliable sources, so it does not appear that is a real word. I'm looking for something similar, a single word.
The specific context is a social group membership application where new members must be sponsored (as in definition 2, here - "one who assumes responsibility for some other person or thing") by existing members. I am looking for a single word to describe the target of such a sponsorship. I am about to sponsor a fraternity, but I would like to have a more general word for what I'm sponsoring. Next time, the fraternity could well be a study club, or something else.
Therefore, what is the sponsored party also called? E.g. if I sponsor somebody, that person is my __?
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Google results for sponsee have scattered definitions in unreliable sources, so it does not appear that is a real word. I'm looking for something similar, a single word.
The specific context is a social group membership application where new members must be sponsored (as in definition 2, here - "one who assumes responsibility for some other person or thing") by existing members. I am looking for a single word to describe the target of such a sponsorship. I am about to sponsor a fraternity, but I would like to have a more general word for what I'm sponsoring. Next time, the fraternity could well be a study club, or something else.
Therefore, what is the sponsored party also called? E.g. if I sponsor somebody, that person is my __?
word-choice single-word-requests
edited Jun 16 '15 at 22:25
WBT
2,65021433
asked Oct 31 '11 at 22:16
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Sponsee "is unnecessary, and abhorrent in form... As a corollary, anyone who uses either of these words will immediately be plonked into the category "illiterate philistine"."
– Hugo
Oct 31 '11 at 22:23
2
If the sponsored party is a single individual, and only you or a very small number of sponsors are bankrolling him, he'd be your protege. For more broad-based arrangements, I think most people would just say your fraternity, for example, is a pet project
– FumbleFingers
Oct 31 '11 at 22:23
1
@FumbleFingers protégé, protégée != *protège
– tchrist♦
Jul 16 '14 at 18:44
2
@tchrist: Yeah, I know all those. But they're for French people. I don't normally do accents on English words.
– FumbleFingers
Jul 17 '14 at 1:47
3
@tchrist: Fair enough. Just be careful not to come across as a pompous reactionary die-hard! :)
– FumbleFingers
Jul 17 '14 at 16:25
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show 8 more comments
Google results for sponsee have scattered definitions in unreliable sources, so it does not appear that is a real word. I'm looking for something similar, a single word.
The specific context is a social group membership application where new members must be sponsored (as in definition 2, here - "one who assumes responsibility for some other person or thing") by existing members. I am looking for a single word to describe the target of such a sponsorship. I am about to sponsor a fraternity, but I would like to have a more general word for what I'm sponsoring. Next time, the fraternity could well be a study club, or something else.
Therefore, what is the sponsored party also called? E.g. if I sponsor somebody, that person is my __?
word-choice single-word-requests
edited Jun 16 '15 at 22:25
WBT
2,65021433
asked Oct 31 '11 at 22:16
Maurice KroonMaurice Kroon
26112
Google results for sponsee have scattered definitions in unreliable sources, so it does not appear that is a real word. I'm looking for something similar, a single word.
The specific context is a social group membership application where new members must be sponsored (as in definition 2, here - "one who assumes responsibility for some other person or thing") by existing members. I am looking for a single word to describe the target of such a sponsorship. I am about to sponsor a fraternity, but I would like to have a more general word for what I'm sponsoring. Next time, the fraternity could well be a study club, or something else.
Therefore, what is the sponsored party also called? E.g. if I sponsor somebody, that person is my __?
word-choice single-word-requests
word-choice single-word-requests
edited Jun 16 '15 at 22:25
WBT
2,65021433
asked Oct 31 '11 at 22:16
Maurice KroonMaurice Kroon
26112
edited Jun 16 '15 at 22:25
WBT
2,65021433
asked Oct 31 '11 at 22:16
Maurice KroonMaurice Kroon
26112
edited Jun 16 '15 at 22:25
WBT
2,65021433
edited Jun 16 '15 at 22:25
WBT
2,65021433
edited Jun 16 '15 at 22:25
WBT
2,65021433
2,65021433
asked Oct 31 '11 at 22:16
Maurice KroonMaurice Kroon
26112
asked Oct 31 '11 at 22:16
Maurice KroonMaurice Kroon
26112
asked Oct 31 '11 at 22:16
Maurice KroonMaurice Kroon
26112
26112
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Sponsee "is unnecessary, and abhorrent in form... As a corollary, anyone who uses either of these words will immediately be plonked into the category "illiterate philistine"."
– Hugo
Oct 31 '11 at 22:23
2
If the sponsored party is a single individual, and only you or a very small number of sponsors are bankrolling him, he'd be your protege. For more broad-based arrangements, I think most people would just say your fraternity, for example, is a pet project
– FumbleFingers
Oct 31 '11 at 22:23
1
@FumbleFingers protégé, protégée != *protège
– tchrist♦
Jul 16 '14 at 18:44
2
@tchrist: Yeah, I know all those. But they're for French people. I don't normally do accents on English words.
– FumbleFingers
Jul 17 '14 at 1:47
3
@tchrist: Fair enough. Just be careful not to come across as a pompous reactionary die-hard! :)
– FumbleFingers
Jul 17 '14 at 16:25
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Sponsee "is unnecessary, and abhorrent in form... As a corollary, anyone who uses either of these words will immediately be plonked into the category "illiterate philistine"."
– Hugo
Oct 31 '11 at 22:23
2
If the sponsored party is a single individual, and only you or a very small number of sponsors are bankrolling him, he'd be your protege. For more broad-based arrangements, I think most people would just say your fraternity, for example, is a pet project
– FumbleFingers
Oct 31 '11 at 22:23
1
@FumbleFingers protégé, protégée != *protège
– tchrist♦
Jul 16 '14 at 18:44
2
@tchrist: Yeah, I know all those. But they're for French people. I don't normally do accents on English words.
– FumbleFingers
Jul 17 '14 at 1:47
3
@tchrist: Fair enough. Just be careful not to come across as a pompous reactionary die-hard! :)
– FumbleFingers
Jul 17 '14 at 16:25
6
6
Sponsee "
is unnecessary, and abhorrent in form... As a corollary, anyone who uses either of these words will immediately be plonked into the category "illiterate philistine"."– Hugo
Oct 31 '11 at 22:23
Sponsee "
is unnecessary, and abhorrent in form... As a corollary, anyone who uses either of these words will immediately be plonked into the category "illiterate philistine"."– Hugo
Oct 31 '11 at 22:23
2
2
If the sponsored party is a single individual, and only you or a very small number of sponsors are bankrolling him, he'd be your protege. For more broad-based arrangements, I think most people would just say your fraternity, for example, is a pet project
– FumbleFingers
Oct 31 '11 at 22:23
If the sponsored party is a single individual, and only you or a very small number of sponsors are bankrolling him, he'd be your protege. For more broad-based arrangements, I think most people would just say your fraternity, for example, is a pet project
– FumbleFingers
Oct 31 '11 at 22:23
1
1
@FumbleFingers protégé, protégée != *protège
– tchrist♦
Jul 16 '14 at 18:44
@FumbleFingers protégé, protégée != *protège
– tchrist♦
Jul 16 '14 at 18:44
2
2
@tchrist: Yeah, I know all those. But they're for French people. I don't normally do accents on English words.
– FumbleFingers
Jul 17 '14 at 1:47
@tchrist: Yeah, I know all those. But they're for French people. I don't normally do accents on English words.
– FumbleFingers
Jul 17 '14 at 1:47
3
3
@tchrist: Fair enough. Just be careful not to come across as a pompous reactionary die-hard! :)
– FumbleFingers
Jul 17 '14 at 16:25
@tchrist: Fair enough. Just be careful not to come across as a pompous reactionary die-hard! :)
– FumbleFingers
Jul 17 '14 at 16:25
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Sounds like a beneficiary.
It's a reasonably broad term, but sponsoring is similarly broad.
answered Nov 1 '11 at 9:26
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Especially if the sponsorship involves financial support.
– GEdgar
Jun 16 '15 at 21:46
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In the section of their Consolidated Code regarding sponsorship, the International Chamber of Commerce sticks to sponsored party.
Apparently, they wanted to avoid hideous neologisms like sponsee -- which isn't even in my Merriam-Webster Unabridged.
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Protégé would appear to fit the bill. OED:
A person (sometimes spec. a boy or man) who receives the protection or patronage of another; a person who is guided and supported by someone with greater experience or influence. Also in extended use.
The bit about “(sometimes spec. a boy or man)” has to do with the word’s French and gendered character: the feminine form would be protégée.
This word also serves as counterpart to mentor; attempts to substitute telemachus for that function have gone nowhere.
answered Jul 16 '14 at 15:39
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Go with beneficiary. Google's NGram indicates that since 1800 it has both sponsee and protoge beat "hands down" (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=beneficiary%2Csponsee%2Cprotoge&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cbeneficiary%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Csponsee%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cprotoge%3B%2Cc0).
Any adult will understand what you mean.
This was already given as an answer.
– Mitch
2 days ago
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If tutor, then tutee is acceptable, then sponsor, sponsee seems like it should be. Granted, they both sound silly, but what else you gonna call it?
answered Jun 16 '15 at 21:28
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Sounds like a beneficiary.
It's a reasonably broad term, but sponsoring is similarly broad.
answered Nov 1 '11 at 9:26
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Especially if the sponsorship involves financial support.
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Sounds like a beneficiary.
It's a reasonably broad term, but sponsoring is similarly broad.
answered Nov 1 '11 at 9:26
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Especially if the sponsorship involves financial support.
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Sounds like a beneficiary.
It's a reasonably broad term, but sponsoring is similarly broad.
answered Nov 1 '11 at 9:26
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Sounds like a beneficiary.
It's a reasonably broad term, but sponsoring is similarly broad.
answered Nov 1 '11 at 9:26
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answered Nov 1 '11 at 9:26
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Especially if the sponsorship involves financial support.
– GEdgar
Jun 16 '15 at 21:46
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Especially if the sponsorship involves financial support.
– GEdgar
Jun 16 '15 at 21:46
Especially if the sponsorship involves financial support.
– GEdgar
Jun 16 '15 at 21:46
Especially if the sponsorship involves financial support.
– GEdgar
Jun 16 '15 at 21:46
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In the section of their Consolidated Code regarding sponsorship, the International Chamber of Commerce sticks to sponsored party.
Apparently, they wanted to avoid hideous neologisms like sponsee -- which isn't even in my Merriam-Webster Unabridged.
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In the section of their Consolidated Code regarding sponsorship, the International Chamber of Commerce sticks to sponsored party.
Apparently, they wanted to avoid hideous neologisms like sponsee -- which isn't even in my Merriam-Webster Unabridged.
answered Oct 31 '11 at 22:52
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In the section of their Consolidated Code regarding sponsorship, the International Chamber of Commerce sticks to sponsored party.
Apparently, they wanted to avoid hideous neologisms like sponsee -- which isn't even in my Merriam-Webster Unabridged.
answered Oct 31 '11 at 22:52
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In the section of their Consolidated Code regarding sponsorship, the International Chamber of Commerce sticks to sponsored party.
Apparently, they wanted to avoid hideous neologisms like sponsee -- which isn't even in my Merriam-Webster Unabridged.
answered Oct 31 '11 at 22:52
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Protégé would appear to fit the bill. OED:
A person (sometimes spec. a boy or man) who receives the protection or patronage of another; a person who is guided and supported by someone with greater experience or influence. Also in extended use.
The bit about “(sometimes spec. a boy or man)” has to do with the word’s French and gendered character: the feminine form would be protégée.
This word also serves as counterpart to mentor; attempts to substitute telemachus for that function have gone nowhere.
answered Jul 16 '14 at 15:39
Brian DonovanBrian Donovan
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Protégé would appear to fit the bill. OED:
A person (sometimes spec. a boy or man) who receives the protection or patronage of another; a person who is guided and supported by someone with greater experience or influence. Also in extended use.
The bit about “(sometimes spec. a boy or man)” has to do with the word’s French and gendered character: the feminine form would be protégée.
This word also serves as counterpart to mentor; attempts to substitute telemachus for that function have gone nowhere.
answered Jul 16 '14 at 15:39
Brian DonovanBrian Donovan
13.6k12459
add a comment |
Protégé would appear to fit the bill. OED:
A person (sometimes spec. a boy or man) who receives the protection or patronage of another; a person who is guided and supported by someone with greater experience or influence. Also in extended use.
The bit about “(sometimes spec. a boy or man)” has to do with the word’s French and gendered character: the feminine form would be protégée.
This word also serves as counterpart to mentor; attempts to substitute telemachus for that function have gone nowhere.
answered Jul 16 '14 at 15:39
Brian DonovanBrian Donovan
13.6k12459
Protégé would appear to fit the bill. OED:
A person (sometimes spec. a boy or man) who receives the protection or patronage of another; a person who is guided and supported by someone with greater experience or influence. Also in extended use.
The bit about “(sometimes spec. a boy or man)” has to do with the word’s French and gendered character: the feminine form would be protégée.
This word also serves as counterpart to mentor; attempts to substitute telemachus for that function have gone nowhere.
answered Jul 16 '14 at 15:39
Brian DonovanBrian Donovan
13.6k12459
answered Jul 16 '14 at 15:39
Brian DonovanBrian Donovan
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answered Jul 16 '14 at 15:39
Brian DonovanBrian Donovan
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Go with beneficiary. Google's NGram indicates that since 1800 it has both sponsee and protoge beat "hands down" (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=beneficiary%2Csponsee%2Cprotoge&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cbeneficiary%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Csponsee%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cprotoge%3B%2Cc0).
Any adult will understand what you mean.
This was already given as an answer.
– Mitch
2 days ago
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Go with beneficiary. Google's NGram indicates that since 1800 it has both sponsee and protoge beat "hands down" (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=beneficiary%2Csponsee%2Cprotoge&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cbeneficiary%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Csponsee%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cprotoge%3B%2Cc0).
Any adult will understand what you mean.
This was already given as an answer.
– Mitch
2 days ago
add a comment |
Go with beneficiary. Google's NGram indicates that since 1800 it has both sponsee and protoge beat "hands down" (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=beneficiary%2Csponsee%2Cprotoge&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cbeneficiary%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Csponsee%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cprotoge%3B%2Cc0).
Any adult will understand what you mean.
Go with beneficiary. Google's NGram indicates that since 1800 it has both sponsee and protoge beat "hands down" (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=beneficiary%2Csponsee%2Cprotoge&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cbeneficiary%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Csponsee%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cprotoge%3B%2Cc0).
Any adult will understand what you mean.
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If tutor, then tutee is acceptable, then sponsor, sponsee seems like it should be. Granted, they both sound silly, but what else you gonna call it?
answered Jun 16 '15 at 21:28
Linda AdkinsLinda Adkins
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If tutor, then tutee is acceptable, then sponsor, sponsee seems like it should be. Granted, they both sound silly, but what else you gonna call it?
answered Jun 16 '15 at 21:28
Linda AdkinsLinda Adkins
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If tutor, then tutee is acceptable, then sponsor, sponsee seems like it should be. Granted, they both sound silly, but what else you gonna call it?
answered Jun 16 '15 at 21:28
Linda AdkinsLinda Adkins
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If tutor, then tutee is acceptable, then sponsor, sponsee seems like it should be. Granted, they both sound silly, but what else you gonna call it?
answered Jun 16 '15 at 21:28
Linda AdkinsLinda Adkins
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answered Jun 16 '15 at 21:28
Linda AdkinsLinda Adkins
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Sponsee "
is unnecessary, and abhorrent in form... As a corollary, anyone who uses either of these words will immediately be plonked into the category "illiterate philistine"."– Hugo
Oct 31 '11 at 22:23
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If the sponsored party is a single individual, and only you or a very small number of sponsors are bankrolling him, he'd be your protege. For more broad-based arrangements, I think most people would just say your fraternity, for example, is a pet project
– FumbleFingers
Oct 31 '11 at 22:23
1
@FumbleFingers protégé, protégée != *protège
– tchrist♦
Jul 16 '14 at 18:44
2
@tchrist: Yeah, I know all those. But they're for French people. I don't normally do accents on English words.
– FumbleFingers
Jul 17 '14 at 1:47
3
@tchrist: Fair enough. Just be careful not to come across as a pompous reactionary die-hard! :)
– FumbleFingers
Jul 17 '14 at 16:25