Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to a protector; protectoral.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Same as
protectoral .
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- adjective Alternative form of
protectoral .
Etymologies
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Compare Latin protectorius.
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Examples
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Over the Danubian Principalities Russia possessed by the Treaty of Adrianople undoubted protectorial rights; but these Provinces stood on a footing quite different from that of the remainder of the Empire.
A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 Charles Alan Fyffe 1868
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Russia possessed by treaty protectorial rights over these Provinces.
A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 Charles Alan Fyffe 1868
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