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Webster 1913 Edition
Protectorate
Pro-tect′or-ate
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
protectorat
.] 1.
Government by a protector; – applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell.
2.
The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs.
Webster 1828 Edition
Protectorate
PROTECT'ORATE
,Noun.