protectorate

«protectorate» in Mova's school dictionary: controlled and protected by a stronger country, while… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a protectorate, protectorates)

meaning for a pupil

1) A country or area that is controlled and protected by a stronger country, while keeping some of its own rulers: «Brunei was a British protectorate.» tree →

2) The relationship of such protection and control. tree →

3) (history, UK) The Protectorate: the time from 1653 to 1659 when Oliver Cromwell and then his son ruled England, Scotland and Ireland as «Lord Protector». tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons it comes up with empires: Britain, France and other powers ran protectorates in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Phrases: «a British protectorate», «become a protectorate», «the Protectorate».

examples

• Many countries in Africa were once protectorates of European powers. tree →
• The Solomon Islands were a British protectorate until independence. tree →
• Oliver Cromwell ruled during the Protectorate. tree →
• A protectorate keeps its own leader but a stronger country controls its defence. tree →
• The island became a protectorate after the treaty. tree →
• Our history topic compared colonies and protectorates. tree →

note

Countable: protectorate, protectorates; capital P for Cromwell's Protectorate. Related: protector, protect. A protectorate is not the same as a colony, though in practice the stronger country often held the real power.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «protectorate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.