Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Protectorate

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Protectorate


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(1):

(n.) Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell.

(2):

(n.) 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.