protectorlessadj.

Brit.

/prəˈtɛktələs/, U.S.

/prəˈtɛktərləs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: protector n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < protector n. + -less suffix.

Having no protector.

ΚΠ

1799 C. B. Brown Arthur Mervyn x. 96 She had already experienced the evils of being protectorless and indigent.

1826 M. W. Shelley Last Man III. i. 13 My soul ached with the fear of what might befall my beloved Idris and my babes. Were they, surviving Adrian and myself, to find themselves protectorless in the world?

1861 Ladies' Repository June 375/2 [He] may blow out his brains, and leave wife and children in want, protectorless.

1908 Nebraska State Jrnl. 3 July 8/4 If it be that he has no money put by to insure them against want, his days are likely to be haunted by fear that one day they may be thrown protectorless to the world.

1982 Novum Testamentum 24 282 Then came the barbarity. Saul gave the protectorless woman to a favourite of his.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	protectorless
释义	protectorlessadj. Brit. /prəˈtɛktələs/, U.S. /prəˈtɛktərləs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: protector n., -less suffix. Etymology: < protector n. + -less suffix. Having no protector. ΚΠ 1799 C. B. Brown Arthur Mervyn x. 96 She had already experienced the evils of being protectorless and indigent. 1826 M. W. Shelley Last Man III. i. 13 My soul ached with the fear of what might befall my beloved Idris and my babes. Were they, surviving Adrian and myself, to find themselves protectorless in the world? 1861 Ladies' Repository June 375/2 [He] may blow out his brains, and leave wife and children in want, protectorless. 1908 Nebraska State Jrnl. 3 July 8/4 If it be that he has no money put by to insure them against want, his days are likely to be haunted by fear that one day they may be thrown protectorless to the world. 1982 Novum Testamentum 24 282 Then came the barbarity. Saul gave the protectorless woman to a favourite of his. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1799
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