Protectorate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Protectorate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Protectorate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protectorate n a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty Synonym(s): protectorate, associated state
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Protectorate \Protect"orate\, n. [Cf. F. protectorat.] 1. Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell. 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.