protector

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• UK: /pɹəˈtɛktə/
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From Middle English protectour, from Anglo-Norman protectour, protector and its etymon Latin prōtēctor, from prōtegō (“shield, protect”). By surface analysis, protect + -or. Displaced native Old English sċildend.

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَامٍ (ḥāmin) — someone who protects or guards
• Armenian: պահապան (pahapan) — someone who protects or guards
• Azerbaijani: qoruyucu — someone who protects or guards
• Azerbaijani: havadar — someone who protects or guards
• Azerbaijani: himayədar — someone who protects or guards
• Bengali: রক্ষী (rokkhi) — someone who protects or guards
• Bengali: মহাফেজ (mohaphej) — someone who protects or guards
• Bulgarian: защитник (zaštitnik) — someone who protects or guards
• Catalan: protector — someone who protects or guards
• Chamorro: a'adahi — someone who protects or guards
• Czech: ochránce — someone who protects or guards
• Danish: beskytter — someone who protects or guards
• Dutch: beschermer — someone who protects or guards
• Dutch: beschermheer — someone who protects or guards
• Dutch: behoeder — someone who protects or guards
• Faroese: verndari — someone who protects or guards
• Finnish: suojelija — someone who protects or guards
• French: protecteur — someone who protects or guards
• French: gardien — someone who protects or guards
• Galician: protector — someone who protects or guards
• German: Beschützer — someone who protects or guards
• Ancient Greek: προστάτης (prostátēs) — someone who protects or guards
• Hindi: रक्षक (rakṣak) — someone who protects or guards
• Hindi: अभिरक्षक (abhirakṣak) — someone who protects or guards
• Hindi: अभिभावक (abhibhāvak) — someone who protects or guards
• Irish: cosantóir — someone who protects or guards
• Italian: protettore — someone who protects or guards
• Italian: protettrice — someone who protects or guards
• Central Kurdish: حافیز (ḧafîz) — someone who protects or guards
• Central Kurdish: پاڕێزگار (parrêzgar) — someone who protects or guards
• Northern Kurdish: parêzvan — someone who protects or guards
• Latin: patrōnus — someone who protects or guards
• Latin: patrōna — someone who protects or guards
• Latin: prōtēctor — someone who protects or guards
• Latin: prōtēctrīx — someone who protects or guards
• Latin: tūtor — someone who protects or guards
• Latin: fautor — someone who protects or guards
• Latin: praeses — someone who protects or guards
• Old Church Slavonic: параклитъ (paraklitŭ) — someone who protects or guards
• Old English: sċildend — someone who protects or guards
• Portuguese: protetor — someone who protects or guards
• Romanian: protector — someone who protects or guards
• Romanian: protectoare — someone who protects or guards
• Russian: защи́тник (zaščítnik) — someone who protects or guards
• Russian: защи́тница (zaščítnica) — someone who protects or guards
• Sanskrit: नाथ (nātha) — someone who protects or guards
• Scottish Gaelic: tèarmannair — someone who protects or guards
• Sikkimese: མགོན (mgon) — someone who protects or guards
• Southern Altai: коруучы (koruučï) — someone who protects or guards
• Spanish: protector — someone who protects or guards
• Spanish: protectora — someone who protects or guards
• Spanish: valedor — someone who protects or guards
• Swedish: beskyddare — someone who protects or guards
• Swedish: protektor — someone who protects or guards
• Turkish: hami — someone who protects or guards
• Turkish: koruyucu — someone who protects or guards
• Turkish: mevla — someone who protects or guards
• Turkish: sahip — someone who protects or guards
• Turkish: veli — someone who protects or guards
• Ottoman Turkish: صاحب (sâhib) — someone who protects or guards
• Ukrainian: захисник (zaxysnyk) — someone who protects or guards
• Ukrainian: захисниця (zaxysnycja) — someone who protects or guards
• Urdu: محافظ (muhāfiz) — someone who protects or guards
• Welsh: amddiffynnwr — someone who protects or guards
• German: Protektor — a state exercising a protectorate
• Russian: проте́ктор (protéktor) — a state exercising a protectorate
• Bulgarian: предпазител (predpazitel) — a mechanism which is designed to protect
• Bulgarian: протектор (protektor) — a mechanism which is designed to protect
• Catalan: protector — a mechanism which is designed to protect
• Finnish: suoja — a mechanism which is designed to protect
• Finnish: suojamekanismi — a mechanism which is designed to protect
• French: protecteur — a mechanism which is designed to protect
• Portuguese: protetor — a mechanism which is designed to protect
• Romanian: protector — a mechanism which is designed to protect
• Romanian: protectoare — a mechanism which is designed to protect
• Russian: предохрани́тель (predoxranítelʹ) — a mechanism which is designed to protect
• Russian: проте́ктор (protɛ́ktor) — a mechanism which is designed to protect
• Spanish: protector — a mechanism which is designed to protect