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protectorate
/pɹəˈtɛktəɹɪt/
noun 5name 1
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4ADJ.
british, established, former, over
VERB + PROTECTORATE
became
PROTECTORATE + NOUN
independence, solomon
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
Government by a protector; especially, The Protectorate: government of England, Scotland, and Ireland between 1653 and 1659 under the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth Oliver Cromwell, later his son Richard Cromwell.
2
The office or position of the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth.
3
The authority assumed by a state over another state deemed inferior or dependent, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs but the protected state retains its nominal sovereignty.
Egypt became a British protectorate in 1914.
4
An autonomous state under protectorate.
5
The office or position of protector (sense 5).
name
1
The British state from 1653 to 1659, under Oliver Cromwell and then Richard Cromwell.
Holonym: Interregnum
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Egypt became a British protectorate in 1914.
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Holonym: Interregnum
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Cyprus was a British protectorate.
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The UK established a protectorate over the Solomon Islands in the 1890s.
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In 1888, Brunei became a British protectorate; independence was achieved in 1984.
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A sultanate since the 12th century, the Maldives became a British protectorate in 1887.
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