单词 | protectorate force |
释义 | > as lemmasprotectorate force General attributive (in sense 2), as protectorate force, protectorate land, protectorate system, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > territory governed by a ruler or state > dependent > under protectorate protectorate1860 protectorate land1891 1891 Times 30 Sept. 7/6 The introduction of the protectorate system [in the Malay States] which has been productive of such excellent results. 1897 Daily News 16 Feb. 6/2 It was arranged that the Protectorate force..should occupy the next place in the marching order. 1901 Daily Chron. 13 Dec. 4/6 Political questions..arising out of the Protectorate Ordinance of 1896. 1936 Discovery June 189/1 Nigeria is in the peculiar state of having both mandated and protectorate lands within its boundaries. 1961 L. van der Post Heart of Hunter i. vii. 112 The provincial commissioner..would have up the station-master and draft instructions to ensure that the station was run in the spirit as well as the letter of Protectorate Law. 2005 C. H. Vaite Frangipani 165 Your great great-grandfather was the chief of Faa'a. He signed the Protectorate paper to France before the King of Tahiti. < as lemmas |
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