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单词 protector of aborigines
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Protector of (the) Aborigines
b. Usually with capital initial. (The title of) a person appointed to look after the interests of indigenous people, esp. in Australia and New Zealand (more fully Protector of (the) Aborigines). Cf. sub-protector n. Now historical.
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1757 W. Burke Acct. European Settlem. Amer. I. i. xv. 127 Almagro they agreed should be adelantado, or king's lieutenant; and Lucques, who was a priest, was to be first bishop and protector of the Indians.
1835 Colonist (Sydney) 25 June 201/3 It is the intention..to recommend the appointment of a Protector of the Aborigines of this territory.
1839 Tasmanian 26 Apr. 132/3 On Thursday last, the chief Protector, aided by the four assistant Protectors, gave a feast.
1843 E. Dieffenbach Trav. N.Z. I. 398 One [former slave]..went with us chiefly for the purpose of applying to the Protector of the Aborigines appointed by the Government.
1914 R. E. Twitchell Spanish Arch. New Mexico I. 440 According to the statements of the protector, the Indians of Santa Ana,..requested permission to come down to the edge of the Rio del Norte.
1964 D. Lockwood Up Track 146 I objected, because I thought that if a man was drawing a salary as a protector he should not be doing this sort of thing.
2000 A. Moreton-Robinson Talkin' up to White Woman (2006) i. 26 In New South Wales Della Walker's father and mother keep the Protector of Aborigines at bay until they are forced to move onto the Tabulum Indigenous mission.
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