protectorlyadj.
/prəˈtɛktəli/, U.S. /prəˈtɛktərli/ rare.
Befitting or appropriate to a protector.In 17th cent. spec. with reference to Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [adjective] > of or relating to protector of 1653-9
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protectoral1657
Protectorian1659
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1654 in Rump Songs (1662) i. 365 Enthron'd in his Chair..He took such Protectorly courses.
1672 T. Jordan London Triumphant 14 The Captain of a Troop of Horse,..The Crown, King and Kingdom did divorce; And put the Land into a Protectorly course, By Excision.
2006 www.blanklabelcomics.com 27 July (O.E.D. Archive) And the reason for that is Ethan's stopped paying attention to Amber because he doesn't approve of what she's doing. That's not protectorly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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