← Back to browseprotectoratenoun#43,404Translations保護国ほごこく保護領ほごりょう被保護国ひほごこくEnglish definitiona state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairsExamplesCyprus was a British protectorate.Similar wordsprotectoratesprotectorprotectorsprotectprorateprotectorship← sprigstraggler →