protectorate

/pษนษ™หˆtษ›ktษ™ษนษชt/

IPA: /P R AH0 T EH1 K T ER0 AH0 T/

noun
  1. 1

    Government by a protector; especially, the government of England, Scotland, and Ireland by Oliver Cromwell.

  2. 2

    The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs but the protected state retains its nominal sovereignty.

    โ€œEgypt became a British protectorate in 1914.โ€

  3. 3

    An autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity.

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