protektorat — meaning in English
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English meaning
- protectorate noun A weaker state placed under the formal protection and partial control of a stronger one.
Senses
protektorat is used for these senses in English:
- protectorate The authority assumed by a state over another state deemed inferior or dependent, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs but the protected state retains its nominal sovereignty.
protectorate — full definition
- noun A weaker state placed under the formal protection and partial control of a stronger one.
- noun Government by a "protector"; specifically, the English government under Oliver Cromwell (1653-1659).