| 释义 |
† Protecˈtorian, a. and n.
[f. as prec. + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Protector (Cromwell), or to the Protectorate; Cromwellian.
1659J. Harrington Ways & Means, etc. Wks. (1700) 540 Now says the Protectorian Family, O that we had set up the equal Commonwealth! a1661Fuller Worthies, Hereford (1662) ii. 47 During the Tyranny of the Protectorian times. 1682New News fr. Bedlam 13 Witness of late their Protectorian Praise, For which some say, Our Laureat won the Baies.
B. n. A supporter of Cromwell's protectorate; a Cromwellian.
1659in Trans. Roy. Hist. Soc. XVII. 114 Leiut. Coll. Kingwell a greate courtier, and a Protectorian. 1661J. Davies Civ. Warres 344 This the Protectorians endeavoured to have made no question. |