Protectorate

[prə'tekt(ə)rət] or [prə'tɛktərət]

解释:

(noun.) 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.

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解释:

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

(n.) 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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