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English-Thai Dictionary

protectorate

N ดินแดน ใน อารักขา colony dominion mandate din-dan-nai-ar-rak-ka

protectorate

N ผู้ อารักขา ดินแดน ใน ปกครอง phu-ar-rak-ka

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROTECTORATE

n.Government by a protector.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROTECTORATE

Pro *tect "or *ate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. protectorat.]

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.

New American Oxford Dictionary

protectorate

pro tec tor ate |prəˈtektərət prəˈtɛkt (ə )rət | ▶noun 1 a state that is controlled and protected by another. • the relationship between a state of this kind and the one that controls it: a French protectorate had been established over Tunis. 2 (usu. Protectorate ) historical the position or period of office of a Protector, esp. that in England of Oliver and Richard Cromwell.

Oxford Dictionary

protectorate

pro ¦tect ¦or |ate |prəˈtɛkt (ə )rət | ▶noun 1 a state that is controlled and protected by another. • the relationship between a protectorate and the state that controls it: a French protectorate had been established over Tunis. 2 (usu. Protectorate ) historical the position or period of office of a Protector, especially that in England of Oliver and Richard Cromwell.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

protectorate

pro tec tor ate /prətékt (ə )rət, proʊ -/名詞 C (強国による )保護国, 保護領 .