protectorate
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protectorate¹
- /pɹəˈtɛktəɹɪt/
Where it comes from
From protector + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a system ruled by people of such office).
noun protectorates
- Government by a protector; especially, The Protectorate: government of England, Scotland, and Ireland between 1653 and 1659 under the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth Oliver Cromwell, later his son Richard Cromwell.
- The office or position of the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth.
- The authority assumed by a state over another state deemed inferior or dependent, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs but the protected state retains its nominal sovereignty. Egypt became a British protectorate in 1914.
- An autonomous state under protectorate.
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The office or position of protector (sense 5).
Similar: regency
Protectorate²
Where it comes from
Proprialization from protectorate.
proper noun the Protectorate
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The British state from 1653 to 1659, under Oliver Cromwell and then Richard Cromwell.
Holonym: Interregnum
Similar: Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, Commonwealth
Translations
Every language
noun government by a protector
| Español | protectorado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 保護者による政府 |
| 中文 | 保護國 /保护国 bǎohùguó |
| Português | protetorado |
| Français | protectorat |
| Deutsch | Protektorat, Schutzgebiet |
| Italiano | protettorato |
| Русский | протектора́т protɛktorát |
| العربية | الحِمَايَة al-ḥimāya |
noun a protected autonomous state
| Español | protectorado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 보호국 bohoguk |
| 日本語 | 保護国 hogokoku |
| 中文 | 保護國 /保护国 bǎohùguó |
| Kiswahili | nchi lindwa |
| Português | protetorado |
| Français | protectorat |
| Deutsch | Protektorat, Schutzgebiet |
| Italiano | protettorato |
| Русский | протектора́т protɛktorát |
Talk about this word "protectorate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/protectorate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. protectorate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/protectorate "protectorate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/protectorate.Cite this
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