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protectorates

The correct spelling is protectorates.

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noun

Say it like: Pro-tec-tor-ate-s

The correct spelling is protectorates. Government by a protector; especially, the government of England, Scotland, and Ireland by Oliver Cromwell. For example: "Egypt became a British protectorate in 1914."

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Egypt became a British protectorate in 1914.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.Government by a protector; especially, the government of England, Scotland, and Ireland by Oliver Cromwell.
  2. 2.The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs but the protected state retains its nominal sovereignty.
  3. 3.An autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity.

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