Protectorate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Protectorate \Pro*tect"or*ate\, n. [Cf. F. protectorat.]
     1. Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the
        government of England by Oliver Cromwell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  protectorate
       n : 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
           [syn: {associated state}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  134 Moby Thesaurus words for "protectorate":
     aedileship, ally, archbishopric, archduchy, archdukedom,
     archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate, aristocracy, bishopric,
     body politic, buffer state, captive nation, chairmanship,
     chancellery, chancellorate, chancellorship, chiefery, chiefry,
     chieftaincy, chieftainry, chieftainship, city-state, colony,
     commonweal, commonwealth, consulate, consulship, country, county,
     deanery, dictatorship, dictature, directorship, domain, dominion,
     duchy, dukedom, earldom, emirate, empery, empire, episcopacy,
     free city, governorship, grand duchy, headship, hegemony,
     hierarchy, kingdom, land, leadership, lordship, magistracy,
     magistrateship, magistrature, mandant, mandate, mandated territory,
     mandatee, mandatory, masterdom, mastership, mastery, mayoralty,
     mayorship, metropolitanate, metropolitanship, nation, nationality,
     nobility, papacy, pashadom, pashalic, patriarchate, patriarchy,
     polis, polity, pontificality, pontificate, popedom, popehood,
     popeship, possession, power, prefectship, prefecture, premiership,
     presidency, presidentship, prime-ministership, prime-ministry,
     princedom, princeship, principality, principate, proconsulate,
     proconsulship, protectorship, province, provostry, provostship,
     puppet government, puppet regime, realm, rectorate, rectorship,
     regency, regentship, republic, ruling class, satellite, seigniory,
     seneschalship, seneschalsy, seneschalty, settlement, sheikhdom,
     sheriffalty, sheriffcy, sheriffdom, shrievalty, sovereign nation,
     state, sultanate, superpower, supervisorship, suzerainship,
     suzerainty, territory, toparchia, toparchy, tribunate, vizierate,
     viziership