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The office of a protector or regent; protectorate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- c.1754–61, David Hume, The History of England: From the invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, 1823, Volume 1, page 409, Henry, being so far recovered from his distemper as to carry the appearance of exercising the royal power; they moved him to resume his authority [1455], to annul the protectorship of the duke, to release Somerset from the Tower,23 and to commit the administration into the hands of that nobleman.
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the position of protector
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
Etymology tree English protector Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English protectorship From protector + -ship.
