"protector" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹəˈtɛktɚ/ [US], /pɹəˈtɛktə/ [UK] Audio: En-us-protector.ogg Forms: protectors [plural]
enPR: prə-tĕk'tər [US] Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English protectour, from Anglo-Norman protectour, protector, from Latin prōtēctor, from prōtegō (“shield, protect”). Displaced native Old English sċildend. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|protectour}} Middle English protectour, {{der|en|xno|protectour}} Anglo-Norman protectour, {{der|en|la|prōtēctor}} Latin prōtēctor, {{ncog|ang|sċildend}} Old English sċildend Head templates: {{en-noun}} protector (plural protectors)
  1. Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative. Synonyms (one who protects or guards): guard, sentry, advowrer [obsolete] Translations (someone who protects or guards): προστάτης (prostátēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), حَامٍ (ḥāmin) [masculine] (Arabic), պահապան (pahapan) (Armenian), qoruyucu (Azerbaijani), havadar (Azerbaijani), himayədar (Azerbaijani), রক্ষী (rokkhi) (Bengali), মহাফেজ (mohaphej) (Bengali), защитник (zaštitnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), protector [masculine] (Catalan), حافیز (ḧafîz) (Central Kurdish), پاڕێزگار (parrêzgar) (Central Kurdish), a'adahi (Chamorro), ochránce [masculine] (Czech), beskytter [common-gender] (Danish), beschermer [masculine] (Dutch), beschermheer [masculine] (Dutch), behoeder [masculine] (Dutch), verndari [masculine] (Faroese), suojelija (Finnish), protecteur [masculine] (French), gardien [masculine] (French), protector [masculine] (Galician), Beschützer [masculine] (German), cosantóir [masculine] (Irish), protettore [masculine] (Italian), protettrice [feminine] (Italian), patrōnus [masculine] (Latin), patrōna [feminine] (Latin), prōtēctor [masculine] (Latin), prōtēctrīx [feminine] (Latin), tūtor [masculine] (Latin), fautor [masculine] (Latin), praeses [masculine] (Latin), parastvan [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), параклитъ (paraklitŭ) [masculine] (Old Church Slavonic), sċildend [masculine] (Old English), protetor [masculine] (Portuguese), protector [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), protectoare [feminine] (Romanian), защи́тник (zaščítnik) [masculine] (Russian), защи́тница (zaščítnica) [feminine] (Russian), नाथ (nātha) [masculine] (Sanskrit), tèarmannair [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), protector [masculine] (Spanish), protectora [feminine] (Spanish), valedor [masculine] (Spanish), beskyddare [common-gender] (Swedish), protektor [common-gender] (Swedish), hami (Turkish), koruyucu (Turkish), mevla (Turkish), sahip (Turkish), veli (Turkish), захисник (zaxysnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), захисниця (zaxysnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), محافظ (muhāfiz) (Urdu)
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  2. A device or mechanism which is designed to protect. Translations (a mechanism which is designed to protect): предпазител (predpazitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), протектор (protektor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), protector [masculine] (Catalan), suoja (Finnish), suojamekanismi (Finnish), protecteur (French), protetor [masculine] (Portuguese), protector [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), protectoare [feminine] (Romanian), предохрани́тель (predoxranítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), проте́ктор (protɛ́ktor) [masculine] (Russian), protector [masculine] (Spanish)
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  3. One who prevents interference.
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  4. A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law. Translations (a state exercising a protectorate): проте́ктор (protéktor) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-protector-en-noun-HPGNFm-f Disambiguation of 'a state exercising a protectorate': 2 1 2 85 5 5
  5. (UK, historical) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent. Tags: UK, historical
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  6. (Roman Catholicism) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc. Categories (topical): Roman Catholicism, People
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: protectour [obsolete] Related terms: Lord Protector (english: also shortened to protector), protect, protection, protectoral, protectorate, protectorship, protectory, protectress, protectrice

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "lord protector"
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      "word": "mattress protector"
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      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
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      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
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      "code": "fo",
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      "word": "verndari"
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      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "word": "suojelija"
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      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "protecteur"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "cosantóir"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "protettore"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "protettrice"
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      "code": "ckb",
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      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "word": "حافیز"
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      "code": "ckb",
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      "roman": "parrêzgar",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "word": "پاڕێزگار"
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
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      "word": "fautor"
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      "code": "la",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "zaščítnik",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "защи́тник"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "zaščítnica",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "защи́тница"
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      "code": "sa",
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      "roman": "nātha",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tèarmannair"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "protector"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "valedor"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
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      "word": "beskyddare"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "protektor"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "word": "hami"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "word": "koruyucu"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "word": "mevla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "word": "sahip"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "word": "veli"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaxysnyk",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "захисник"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaxysnycja",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "захисниця"
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    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "muhāfiz",
      "sense": "someone who protects or guards",
      "word": "محافظ"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protéktor",
      "sense": "a state exercising a protectorate",
      "word": "проте́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predpazitel",
      "sense": "a mechanism which is designed to protect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "предпазител"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "protektor",
      "sense": "a mechanism which is designed to protect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "протектор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a mechanism which is designed to protect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "protector"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a mechanism which is designed to protect",
      "word": "suoja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a mechanism which is designed to protect",
      "word": "suojamekanismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a mechanism which is designed to protect",
      "word": "protecteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a mechanism which is designed to protect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "protetor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a mechanism which is designed to protect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "protector"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a mechanism which is designed to protect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "protectoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predoxranítelʹ",
      "sense": "a mechanism which is designed to protect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "предохрани́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protɛ́ktor",
      "sense": "a mechanism which is designed to protect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "проте́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a mechanism which is designed to protect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "protector"
    }
  ],
  "word": "protector"
}

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