'Protectorate' definitions:
Definition of 'protectorate'
(from WordNet)
noun
A state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty [syn: protectorate, associated state]
Definition of 'Protectorate'
From: GCIDE
- Protectorate \Pro*tect"or*ate\, n. [Cf. F. protectorat.]
- 1. Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'protectorate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aedileship,
- ally,
- archbishopric,
- archduchy,
- archdukedom,
- archiepiscopacy,
- archiepiscopate,
- aristocracy,
- bishopric,
- body politic,
- buffer state,
- captive nation,
- chairmanship,
- chancellery,
- chancellorate,
- chancellorship,
- chiefery,
- chiefry,
- chieftaincy,
- chieftainry,
- chieftainship,
- city-state,
- colony,
- commonweal,
- commonwealth,
- consulate,
- consulship,
- country,
- county,
- deanery,
- dictatorship,
- dictature,
- directorship,
- domain,
- dominion,
- duchy,
- dukedom,
- earldom,
- emirate,
- empery,
- empire,
- episcopacy,
- free city,
- governorship,
- grand duchy,
- headship,
- hegemony,
- hierarchy,
- kingdom,
- land,
- leadership,
- lordship,
- magistracy,
- magistrateship,
- magistrature,
- mandant,
- mandate,
- mandated territory,
- mandatee,
- mandatory,
- masterdom,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- mayoralty,
- mayorship,
- metropolitanate,
- metropolitanship,
- nation,
- nationality,
- nobility,
- papacy,
- pashadom,
- pashalic,
- patriarchate,
- patriarchy,
- polis,
- polity,
- pontificality,
- pontificate,
- popedom,
- popehood,
- popeship,
- possession,
- power,
- prefectship,
- prefecture,
- premiership,
- presidency,
- presidentship,
- prime-ministership,
- prime-ministry,
- princedom,
- princeship,
- principality,
- principate,
- proconsulate,
- proconsulship,
- protectorship,
- province,
- provostry,
- provostship,
- puppet government,
- puppet regime,
- realm,
- rectorate,
- rectorship,
- regency,
- regentship,
- republic,
- ruling class,
- satellite,
- seigniory,
- seneschalship,
- seneschalsy,
- seneschalty,
- settlement,
- sheikhdom,
- sheriffalty,
- sheriffcy,
- sheriffdom,
- shrievalty,
- sovereign nation,
- state,
- sultanate,
- superpower,
- supervisorship,
- suzerainship,
- suzerainty,
- territory,
- toparchia,
- toparchy,
- tribunate,
- vizierate,
- viziership