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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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