- (n.) Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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