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protectorate


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Protectorate  \Pro*tect"or*ate\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  protectorat.] 
  1.  Government  by  a  protector;  --  applied  especially  to  the 
  government  of  England  by  Oliver  Cromwell. 
 
  2.  The  authority  assumed  by  a  superior  power  over  an  inferior 
  or  a  dependent  one  whereby  the  former  protects  the  latter 
  from  invasion  and  shares  in  the  management  of  its  affairs. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  protectorate 
  n  :  a  territory  controlled  by  (but  not  a  possession  of)  a 
  stronger  state 




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