单词 | protectorian |
释义 | Protectorianadj.n. Now historical and rare. A. adj. Of, relating to, or supporting the Lord Protector (see protector n. 2b) or the Protectorate; Cromwellian. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [adjective] > of or relating to protector of 1653-9 protectorly1654 protectoral1657 Protectorian1659 protectorial1743 1659 W. Cole Rod for Lawyers 15 Can ye forget that they were in the late great Protectorian Parliament. 1660 J. Harrington Wayes & Meanes 4 Now saith the Protectorian Family, O that we had set up the equal Commonwealth! 1682 ‘T. Rationalis’ New News from Bedlam 13 Witness of late their Protectorian Praise, For which some say, Our Laureat won the Baies. 1964 Eng. Hist. Rev. 79 328 Broghill, another Protectorian ex-Royalist, soon to be made an English peer. 2005 Hist. Today Jan. 57/4 His [sc. Cromwell's] capacity to create, in whatever field he was operating in—his locality, the House of Commons, the armies, the Protectorian establishment—a body of devoted allies and clients. B. n. A supporter of the Protectorate; a Cromwellian. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > supporter of parliament, Cromwell, or commonwealth roundhead1641 parliamentarian1642 parliamenteer1642 parliament man1642 Westminsterian1645 Oliverian1648 parliamentary1649 parliamenterc1650 commonwealth man1651 aproneer1659 Protectorian1659 Protectorist1659 1659 in Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 17 114 Leiut. Coll. Kingwell a greate courtier, and a Protectorian. 1661 J. Davies Civil Warres 344 This the Protectorians endeavoured to have made no question. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 5 June 2/3 It would puzzle even the cleverest among our politicians to say off-hand what party was that of the Poussineirs and what that of the Prudentialists, of the Protectorians, and of the Sneakers—all of them political nicknames in our history. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1659 |
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