Dictionary

protectorate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɹəˈtɛktəɹɪt/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English protector Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātusder. English -ate English protectorate From protector + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a system ruled by people of such office).

Meanings

1. (UK, historical) 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.
2. (UK, historical) The office or position of the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth.
3. 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.
4. An autonomous state under protectorate.
5. The office or position of protector (sense 5).

Forms

Deriveds

Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia · Somali Coast Protectorate

Synonyms

regency

Translations (55)

uk протектора́т (a protected autonomous state) · de Protektorat (a protected autonomous state) · es protectorado (government by a protector) · sq protektorat (a protected autonomous state) · it protettorato (government by a protector) · uk протектора́т (government by a protector) · ca protectorat (a protected autonomous state) · bg протекторат (a protected autonomous state) · km អាណាព្យាបាល (government by a protector) · ka დამოკიდებული ქვეყანა (government by a protector) · ko 보호국 (a protected autonomous state) · ja 保護国 (a protected autonomous state) · nn protektorat (a protected autonomous state) · id protektorat (a protected autonomous state) · nb protektorat (a protected autonomous state) · ka პროტექტორატი (government by a protector) · ru протектора́т (government by a protector) · pt protetorado (government by a protector) · nl protectoraat (a protected autonomous state) · ar الحِمَايَة (government by a protector) · pl protektorat (a protected autonomous state) · nl protectoraat (government by a protector) · it protettorato (a protected autonomous state) · da protektorat (a protected autonomous state) · es protectorado (a protected autonomous state) · id negara lindungan (a protected autonomous state) · de Schutzgebiet (a protected autonomous state) · pl protektorat (government by a protector) · ka სატელიტური სახელმწიფო (government by a protector) · ka სატელიტი ქვეყანა (government by a protector) · ms negeri naungan (a protected autonomous state) · eo protektorato (government by a protector) · sv protektorat (a protected autonomous state) · ka დამოკიდებული სახელმწიფო (government by a protector) · fi suojelualue (a protected autonomous state) · cy protectoriaeth (government by a protector) · cs protektorát (government by a protector) · sw nchi lindwa (a protected autonomous state) · ca protectorat (government by a protector) · cmn 保護國 /保护国 (government by a protector) · nn protektorat (government by a protector) · fr protectorat (government by a protector) · cmn 保護國 /保护国 (a protected autonomous state) · de Schutzgebiet (government by a protector) · sv protektorat (government by a protector) · fr protectorat (a protected autonomous state) · cy diffynwlad (a protected autonomous state) · ru протектора́т (a protected autonomous state) · bg регентство (government by a protector) · ja 保護者による政府 (government by a protector) · pt protetorado (a protected autonomous state) · de Protektorat (government by a protector) · nb protektorat (government by a protector) · fi protektoraatti (a protected autonomous state) · fi protektoraatti (government by a protector)