meaning of protectorate
1. Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell.
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.
3. a state or territory partly controlled by but not a possession of a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty
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