OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 33518

protectorate

/pɹəˈtɛktəɹɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
protectorado
Government by a protector; especially, The Protectorate: government of England, Scotland, and Ireland between 1653 and 1659 under the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth Oliver Cromwell, later his son Richard Cromwell.
protectorado
An autonomous state under protectorate.
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