(n) :
government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell; 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
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(n) :
government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell; 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