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Meanings of protean in English

Protean.

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Usage of protean in English
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Yet it has to be remembered that agriculture is a protean industry.
The National Being: Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity
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But agriculture, as I said, is protean and changes its forms perpetually.
The National Being: Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity
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It is a protean language in which archaic strata mix with modernity.
The new yorker
4
They are protean, but usually prefer to wear a miniature human form.
A Textbook of Theosophy
5
Whatever it was it seemed entirely protean, without any set shape.
Return of the Crimson Guard
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Nothing in all the world would please this protean-natured man quite so well.
The House of the Whispering Pines
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All three had a protean ability to change shape and deportment.
The increment: a novel
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Under the protean play the snow changed its dress to lilac.
Tales of the Wilderness
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These ruminations inevitably segue into a discussion of the amazingly protean Bee Gees.
The Guardian
10
Syphilis is a well-known sexually transmitted infection infamous for its protean cutaneous manifestations.
Pubmed
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But persistence and a protean adaptability to meet his moods might accomplish something.
Initials Only
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But it must not be forgotten that John Barleycorn is protean.
John Barleycorn
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Mr Aiken's incubus is, unfortunately, devoid of definition; he is protean and unsatisfactory.
Aspects of Literature
14
Love is protean, makes but a step from dalliance to grandeur.
Idolatry: A Romance
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Sexual selection for protean expressiveness: a new model of hominid encephalization.
The Red Queen
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The protean quality of software is one of the great sources of its fascination.
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontie...
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Protean through the time
Protean across language varieties
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