单词 | protector |
释义 | protector n. (fem. protectress)   1. a a person who protects. b a guardian or patron.   2. hist. a regent in charge of a kingdom during the minority, absence, etc. of the sovereign.   3. (often in comb.) a thing or device that protects (chest-protector).   4. (Protector) (in full Lord Protector of the Commonwealth) hist. the title of Oliver Cromwell 1653-58 and his son Richard Cromwell 1658-59. Derivatives protectoral adj. protectorship n. Etymology: ME f. OF protecteur f. LL protector (as PROTECT) |
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