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pro⋅tec⋅tor

  [pruh-tek-ter]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that protects; defender; guardian.
2. English History.
a. a person in charge of the kingdom during the sovereign's minority, incapacity, or absence.
b. (initial capital letter) Also called Lord Protector. the title of the head of the government during the period of the Protectorate, held by Oliver Cromwell (1653–58) and by Richard Cromwell, his son (1658–59).
Origin:
1325–75; < LL (see protect, -tor ); r. ME protectour < MF

Related forms:
pro⋅tec⋅tor⋅al, adjective
pro⋅tec⋅tor⋅less, adjective
pro⋅tec⋅tor⋅ship, noun
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pro·tec·tor also pro·tect·er   (prə-těk'tər)   
n.  
  1. One who protects; a guardian.
  2. A device that protects; a guard.
  3. Protector
    1. A person who rules a kingdom during the minority of a sovereign.
    2. The head of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1653 to 1659.
pro·tec'tor·al adj., pro·tec'tor·ship' n.
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Protector

Pro*tect"or\, n. [L.: cf. F. protecteur.]

1. One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron.

For the world's protector shall be known. --Waller.

2. (Eng. Hist.) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.

Is it concluded he shall be protector ! --Shak.

3. (R. C. Ch.) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.

Lord Protector (Eng. Hist.), the title of Oliver Cromwell as supreme governor of the British Commonwealth (1653-1658).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : protector
Spanish: guardián, protector,
German: der Hüter,
Japanese: 管理人
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