Usually means: Able to change frequently, versatile.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word protean:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. protean: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. protean: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. protean: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. protean: Collins English Dictionary
  5. protean: Vocabulary.com
  6. Protean, protean: Wordnik
  7. protean: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Protean, protean: Wiktionary
  9. protean: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. protean: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. protean: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. protean: Dictionary.com
  13. Protean: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Protean (disambiguation), Protean: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Protean: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. protean: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. protean: Rhymezone
  18. Protean: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. protean: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. protean: Free Dictionary
  21. protean: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. protean: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. protean: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. Protean: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. protean: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. protean: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Protean: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. protean: Medical dictionary
  5. Protean: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. protean: A Word A Day
  2. protean: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms.
noun:  (biochemistry) A protein that has been slightly modified by water, dilute acid, or enzymes, but not modified to the extent of a metaprotein.
adjective:  Of or relating to Proteus
adjective:  Alternative letter-case form of Protean (of or relating to Proteus). [Of or relating to Proteus]

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