"protecting power" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "glosses": [
        "a sovereign country that represents another country (\"protected power\") in a third country where the protected power has no diplomatic relations with that country"
      ],
      "id": "en-protecting_power-en-noun-fuqdn1v6",
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          "diplomacy",
          "diplomacy"
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        [
          "sovereign country",
          "sovereign state"
        ],
        [
          "represent",
          "represent"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "third country",
          "third country"
        ],
        [
          "diplomatic relations",
          "diplomatic relations"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(diplomacy) a sovereign country that represents another country (\"protected power\") in a third country where the protected power has no diplomatic relations with that country"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "diplomacy",
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
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  "word": "protecting power"
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        "a sovereign country that represents another country (\"protected power\") in a third country where the protected power has no diplomatic relations with that country"
      ],
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          "diplomacy",
          "diplomacy"
        ],
        [
          "sovereign country",
          "sovereign state"
        ],
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          "represent",
          "represent"
        ],
        [
          "country",
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          "third country",
          "third country"
        ],
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        "(diplomacy) a sovereign country that represents another country (\"protected power\") in a third country where the protected power has no diplomatic relations with that country"
      ],
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        "diplomacy",
        "government",
        "politics"
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