PROTEAN in a Sentence

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1. A remarkably protean actor, Alec Guinness could take on any role.

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 Meanings and Examples of PROTEAN
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protean
 a.  versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes
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1  A remarkably protean actor, Alec Guinness could take on any role.
2  Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in her dissent, argued strongly that the majority was turning that RFRA into a protean tool for all sorts of evasions.