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protectorate Definition

pro·tec·tor·ate (prə tektər it, prō-)

noun

  1. government by a protector
  2. the office or term of office of a protector
    1. the relation of a strong state to a weaker state under its control and protection
    2. a state or territory so controlled and protected
  3. the government of England under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard (1653-59)

protectorate Synonyms

protectorate

n.

  1. Protection

    surety, guidance, jurisdiction; see protection 2.

  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.