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The office or position of protector of a kingdom or state; = protectorate, n. 1, 2a. Now historical.
= protectorate, n. 1. Obsolete. rare.
English History. Frequently with capital initial. The office or position of Lord Protector of the Commonwealth; the period between 1653 and 1659…