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# protectorate

noun (a protectorate, protectorates)

«protectorate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A country or area that is controlled and protected by a stronger country, while keeping some of its own rulers: «Brunei was a British protectorate.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/protectorate/#m1)
2. The relationship of such protection and control. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/protectorate/#m2)
3. (history, UK) The Protectorate: the time from 1653 to 1659 when Oliver Cromwell and then his son ruled England, Scotland and Ireland as «Lord Protector». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/protectorate/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history lessons it comes up with empires: Britain, France and other powers ran protectorates in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Phrases: «a British protectorate», «become a protectorate», «the Protectorate».

### Examples

- Many countries in Africa were once protectorates of European powers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/protectorate/#x1)
- The Solomon Islands were a British protectorate until independence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/protectorate/#x2)
- Oliver Cromwell ruled during the Protectorate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/protectorate/#x3)
- A protectorate keeps its own leader but a stronger country controls its defence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/protectorate/#x4)
- The island became a protectorate after the treaty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/protectorate/#x5)
- Our history topic compared colonies and protectorates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/protectorate/#x6)

### Note

Countable: protectorate, protectorates; capital P for Cromwell's Protectorate. Related: protector, protect. A protectorate is not the same as a colony, though in practice the stronger country often held the real power.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «protectorate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/protectorate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«protectorate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/protectorate.html) on Mova free.