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protectorate noun

  /pɹəˈtɛktəɹɪt/
  • (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.
  • 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.
 protettorato

protector noun

  /pɹəˈtɛktə/ , /pɹəˈtɛktɚ/
  • Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
 protettore, protettrice
  • A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.
 protettore
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Protettorato di Boemia e Moravia
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