单词 | sub-protector |
释义 | sub-protectorn. (The title of) a deputy or assistant protector, esp. (now historical) with reference to the protection of indigenous people (cf. protector n. 1b).In Australia and New Zealand also more fully Sub-Protector of (the) Aborigines. ΚΠ 1825 Lit. Chron. & Weekly Rev. 15 Oct. 662/2 Even under the new order of things, this class has been made to supply protectors and sub-protectors of slaves. 1848 E. J. Wakefield Handbk. N.Z. 75 [Fitzroy] merged the duties of Governor in those of Sub-Protector of Aborigines. 1858 T. Wright Hist. France II. v. i. 253/1 His education was entrusted..to Fleury bishop of Fréjus,..who was assisted, under the title of a sub-protector, by the abbé Claude Fleury. 1934 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 18 Aug. 10/4 In 1842 he was appointed a sub-protector of aborigines. 1939 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 9 Feb. 10/2 There are people called Sub-Protectors of Indians in some cases and in others there are the Clergy and the Commissioner. 1998 G. Feuerstein Tantra x. 140 Protectors of higher subtle realms generally do not have access, though they may have their own hierarchy of subprotectors. 2011 J. Cross Great Central State v. 281 Foelsche advised that a Sub-protector should be placed at Port Essington. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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