| 单词 | protectorate |
| 释义 | protectorate /preuh tek"teuhr it/, n. 1. the relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls. 2. a state or territory so protected. 3. the office or position, or the term of office, of a protector. 4. the government of a protector. 5. (cap.) Eng. Hist. the period (1653-59) during which Oliver and Richard Cromwell held the title of Lord Protector, sometimes extended to include the period of the restoration of the Rump Parliament (1659-60). [1685-95; PROTECTOR + -ATE3] |
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