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protectorate
(encz) | protectorate,protektorát n: Zdeněk Brož |
Protectorate
(gcide) | Protectorate \Pro*tect"or*ate\, n. [Cf. F. protectorat.]
1. Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the
government of England by Oliver Cromwell.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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protectorate
(wn) | protectorate
n 1: a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a
possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal
affairs; protectorates are established by treaty [syn:
protectorate, associated state] |
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protectorate
(encz) | protectorate,protektorát n: Zdeněk Brož |
protectorate
(wn) | protectorate
n 1: a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a
possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal
affairs; protectorates are established by treaty [syn:
protectorate, associated state] |
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