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PROTECTORATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does protectorate mean?
• PROTECTORATE (noun)
The noun PROTECTORATE 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: PROTECTORATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("protectorate" is a kind of...):
district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)
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