protectorate
protectorate
Definition
pro·tec·tor·ate (prə tek′tər it, prō-)
noun
- government by a protector
- the office or term of office of a protector
- the relation of a strong state to a weaker state under its control and protection
- a state or territory so controlled and protected
- the government of England under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard (1653-59)
protectorate
Synonyms
protectorate
n.
Protection
surety, guidance, jurisdiction; see protection 2.Province
mandate, colony, dominion; see territory 2.
protectorate
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- proclaim: Proclaiming the British Protectorate of South-East New Guinea, at Port Moresby.
- declare: Due to these tensions, France declared a protectorate over the country in 1912.
- establish: In 1894 he established a protectorate over Uganda, from which Gladstone had wished to withdraw all British influence.
- become: In 1898 Southern Rhodesia became a British Protectorate administered by the British South Africa Company.
- make: In 1888 the Cook Islands were made a protectorate of Great Britain, and in 1901 they were annexed to New Zealand.
- assume: As Richard of York assumed the protectorate after Edward's death in 1383, rumors were already surrounding the fate of the Princes.
Preposition: for
- year: Tahiti, in the Society archipelago, became a French colony in 1880, having been a protectorate for 38 years.
Adjective modifier
- Cromwellian: The plan failed because many officers and men still supported the republican " Good Old Cause " rather than the Cromwellian Protectorate.
- British: In 1898 Southern Rhodesia became a British Protectorate administered by the British South Africa Company.
- un: I¹ve suggested in Parliament that we may need a form of UN protectorate.
- French: Walter Harris's account of the years leading up to the French Protectorate, in Morocco That Was, is hard to put down.
- former: Bolivia was created out of the former Spanish protectorate of Peru during this period.
- German: HISTORY Modern Cameroon was created as the German protectorate of Kamerun in 1884.
Modifies a noun
- document: When you receive the Foundation documents, you will appoint the Protector, by signing the Private Protectorate Document.
- regime: He began to associate with those disaffected from the Protectorate régime.
- agreement: The British held the Suez canal and had entered into protectorate agreements with many Arab leaders in the gulf.
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