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protectorate (iou)



protectorate noun. Also Protectorate. L17.
[from PROTECTOR + -ATE1.]
Hist. The office, position, or government of the protector of a kingdom or State; the period of administration of a protector, esp. that in England under the Cromwells between 1653 and 1659. L17.
The relation of a State to a State or territory which it controls or protects; the relation of a suzerain to a vassal State; suzerainty. M19.
A State or territory controlled or protected by another State; the relation of a State or territory to the State which controls or protects it. M19.
F. Raphael Part of the British protectorate of the Ionian Islands.