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Protectorate
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Government by a protector; - applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell.
(2):
(n.) The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Protectorate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/protectorate.html. 1828.