ASSOCIATED STATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does associated state mean? 

• ASSOCIATED STATE (noun)
  The noun ASSOCIATED STATE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: ASSOCIATED STATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASSOCIATED STATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

associated state; protectorate

Hypernyms ("associated state" is a kind of...):

district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)