protectorate

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɹəˈtɛktəɹɪt/

Noun

protectorate (plural protectorates)

1. Government by a protector; especially, the government of England, Scotland, and Ireland 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 but the protected state retains its nominal sovereignty.

   Egypt became a British protectorate in 1914.

3. An autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity.

Translations

• French: protectorat
• German: Protektorat, Schutzgebiet
• Italian: protettorato
• Portuguese: protetorado
• Russian: протектора́т
• Spanish: protectorado

Translations

• German: Protektorat, Schutzgebiet
• Portuguese: protetorado
• Russian: протектора́т
• Spanish: protectorado

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