protector
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EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- protectour (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
Anglo-Norman protectour, from Old French protector, from Latin protector, from protegere (“to shield, protect”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
protector (plural protectors)
- Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
- A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.
- One who prevents interference.
- A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law.
- Jon Huntsman, Jr.
- I stand before you in the spirit of pure public service — not as a protector of the status quo, but as an agent of change.
- Jon Huntsman, Jr.
- (Britain, historical) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- (Roman Catholic) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.
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TranslationsEdit
someone who protects or guards
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a mechanism which is designed to protect
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CatalanEdit
AdjectiveEdit
protector m (feminine protectora, masculine plural protectors, feminine plural protectores)
NounEdit
protector m (plural protectors)
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Latin prōtector, from prōtegō (“to shield, protect”).
NounEdit
protector m (plural protectoren, diminutive protectortje n)
SynonymsEdit
- behoeder m
- beschermer m
- beschermheer m
- protecteur m (close French cognate)
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LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
prōtector m (genitive prōtectōris); third declension
InflectionEdit
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prōtector | prōtectōrēs |
| genitive | prōtectōris | prōtectōrum |
| dative | prōtectōrī | prōtectōribus |
| accusative | prōtectōrem | prōtectōrēs |
| ablative | prōtectōre | prōtectōribus |
| vocative | prōtector | prōtectōrēs |
DescendantsEdit
- Russian: протектор (protektor)
ReferencesEdit
- protector in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- PROTECTOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- protector in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
SpanishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
protector m (feminine singular protectora, masculine plural protectores, feminine plural protectoras) or protector m (feminine singular protectriz, masculine plural protectores, feminine plural protectrices)
NounEdit
protector m (plural protectores, feminine protectora) or protector m (feminine singular protectriz, masculine plural protectores, feminine plural protectrices)