protectorate
Government by a protectorGovernment 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.
» Cyprus was a British protectorate.
Zypern war ein britisches Protektorat.
Кипр был британским протекторатом.
Кіпр перебував під протекторатом Британії.
Meaning
5 senses(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.
Protektorat, Schutzgebiet
протектора́тprotɛktorát
протектора́тprotektorát
(UK, historical)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.
Protektorat, Schutzgebiet
протектора́тprotɛktorát
протектора́тprotektorát
The office or position of protector (sense 5).
- 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
Examples
1 sentencesCyprus was a British protectorate.
Кіпр перебував під протекторатом Британії.
ruКипр был британским протекторатом.
deZypern war ein britisches Protektorat.
Translations
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Forms
plural: protectorates| Singular | protectorate |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- 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:associated state