Word Meanings - PROTECTORSHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

, The office of a protector or regent; protectorate.

Related words: (words related to PROTECTORSHIP)

• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• REGENTESS
  A female regent. Cotgrave.
• PROTECTORIAL
  See PROTECTORAL
• PROTECTORLESS
  Having no protector; unprotected.
• OFFICE WIRE
  Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
• REGENTSHIP
  The office of a regent; regency.
• OFFICER
  Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
• REGENT DIAMOND
  A famous diamond of fine quality, which weighs about 137 carats and is among the state jewels of France. It is so called from the Duke of Orleans, Regent of France, to whom it was sold in 1717 by Pitt the English Governor of Madras (whence also
• PROTECTORSHIP
  , The office of a protector or regent; protectorate.
• OFFICE
  The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either
• PROTECTOR
  One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent. Is it concluded he shall be protector ! Shak. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron.
• PROTECTORAL
  Of or pertaining to a protector; protectorial; as, protectoral power.
• PROTECTORATE
  1. Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell. 2. The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares
• REGENT
  1. Ruling; governing; regnant. "Some other active regent principle . . . which we call the soul." Sir M. Hale. 2. Exercising vicarious authority. Milton. Queen regent. See under Queen, n.
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• INTERREGENT
  A person who discharges the royal functions during an interregnum. Holland.
• SUBOFFICER
  An under or subordinate officer.
• CO-REGENT
  A joint regent or ruler.
• NONREGENT
  A master of arts whose regency has ceased. See Regent.
• UNDEROFFICER
  A subordinate officer.
• OVEROFFICE
  To domineer over by virtue of office. Shak.