"protectorate" meaning in English

See protectorate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɹəˈtɛktəɹɪt/ Audio: En-ca-protectorate.oga Forms: protectorates [plural]
Etymology: From protector + -ate. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|protector|ate}} protector + -ate Head templates: {{en-noun}} protectorate (plural protectorates)
  1. Government by a protector; especially, the government of England, Scotland, and Ireland by Oliver Cromwell. Categories (topical): Government Translations (government by a protector): الحِمَايَة (al-ḥimāya) [feminine] (Arabic), регентство (regentstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), protectorat [masculine] (Catalan), protektorát (Czech), protectoraat [neuter] (Dutch), protektorato (Esperanto), protektoraatti (Finnish), protectorat [masculine] (French), დამოკიდებული ქვეყანა (damoḳidebuli kveq̇ana) (Georgian), დამოკიდებული სახელმწიფო (damoḳidebuli saxelmc̣ipo) (Georgian), სატელიტი ქვეყანა (saṭeliṭi kveq̇ana) (Georgian), სატელიტური სახელმწიფო (saṭeliṭuri saxelmc̣ipo) (Georgian), Protektorat [neuter] (German), Schutzgebiet [neuter] (German), protettorato [masculine] (Italian), 保護者による政府 (Japanese), អាណាព្យាបាល (aa naa pyiebaal) (Khmer), protektorat [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), protektorat [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), protetorado [masculine] (Portuguese), протектора́т (protɛktorát) [masculine] (Russian), protectorado [masculine] (Spanish), protektorat [neuter] (Swedish), протектора́т (protektorát) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-protectorate-en-noun-USS7nWtI Disambiguation of Government: 45 19 36 Disambiguation of 'government by a protector': 95 3 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. Categories (topical): Government
    Sense id: en-protectorate-en-noun-cqQyn2b3 Disambiguation of Government: 45 19 36
  3. An autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity. Categories (topical): Government Categories (place): Polities Translations (a protected autonomous state): протекторат (protektorat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 保護國 (Chinese Mandarin), 保护国 (bǎohùguó) (Chinese Mandarin), protektorat [neuter] (Danish), protectoraat [neuter] (Dutch), protektoraatti (Finnish), suojelualue (Finnish), protectorat [masculine] (French), Protektorat [neuter] (German), Schutzgebiet [neuter] (German), protektorat (Indonesian), protettorato [masculine] (Italian), 保護国 (hogokoku) (Japanese), negeri naungan (Malay), protektorat [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), protektorat [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), protektorat [masculine] (Polish), protetorado [masculine] (Portuguese), протектора́т (protɛktorát) [masculine] (Russian), protectorado [masculine] (Spanish), nchi lindwa (Swahili), protektorat [neuter] (Swedish), протектора́т (protektorát) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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Inflected forms

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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "suojelualue"
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      "code": "id",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "a protected autonomous state",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "a protected autonomous state",
      "word": "negeri naungan"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "a protected autonomous state",
      "word": "nchi lindwa"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "a protected autonomous state",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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}

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