Definition of Protictor
Pro*tect"or (?), n. [L.: cf. F.
protecteur.] 1. One who, or that which,
defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a
guardian; a patron.
For the world's protector shall be
known. Waller.
2. (Eng. Hist.) One having the care of
the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
Is it concluded he shall be protector
! Shak.
3. (R. C. Ch.) A cardinal, from one of
the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the
interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same
relation to a college, religious order, etc.
Lord Protector (Eng. Hist.), the title
of Oliver Cromwell as supreme governor of the British Commonwealth
(1653-1658).
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- someone who protects or guards,by assignment or on his own initiative
- a mechanism which is designed to protect
- one who prevents interference
- state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law
I stand before you in the spirit of pure public service — not as a protector of the status quo, but as an agent of change. –Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Spanish
- protective
- protector
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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