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- DictionaryPro·tec·tor·ate/prəˈtekt(ə)rət/
noun
- 1. a state that is controlled and protected by another: "Panama was juridically a protectorate of the United States"
- 2. the position or period of office of a Protector, especially that in England of Oliver and Richard Cromwell. historical
a region or political unit that is controlled by another, or the government by which it is ruled. world history. The Protectorate refers to the government of England from 1653 to 1659. (Definition of protectorate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
a region or political unit that is controlled by another, or the government by which it is ruled. world history. The Protectorate refers to the government of England from 1653 to 1659. (Definition of protectorate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of protectorate. protectorate.
A protectorate is a state or country that's protected by a larger, stronger one. Protectorate is another word for “protected state.”. Protectorates are weak territories protected and partly controlled by stronger ones.
Protectorate, in international relations, the relationship between two states one of which exercises some decisive control over the other. The degree of control may vary from a situation in which the protecting state guarantees and protects the safety of the other, such as the status afforded to.
[uncountable] the state or period of being controlled and protected by another country. France established a protectorate over Morocco in 1912. The British government took the region under its protectorate. See protectorate in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: protectorate.
Protectorate definition, the relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls. See more.
noun. the relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls. a state or territory so protected. the office or position, or the term of office, of a protector. the government of a protector.
