0 a country that is generally controlled and defended by a more powerful country
1 a region or political unit that is controlled by another, or the government by which it is ruled
Protectorate officials, mindful of the need for strong authority and the proximity of the coronation, refused to extend their deadline.
Concurrent with these ordinances was a new land bill in 1933 vesting increased authority in the governor as trustee over land in the protectorate.
The protectorate's governor appointed a commission, with representatives from the protectorate, kingdom and mission, to investigate.
In order to make any such categorization possible it was, nevertheless, vital to recognize at least some vague ' tribal ' distinctions among the protectorate population.
In addition, the protectorate administrators relied on rather than destroyed or ignored the chiefs and the dikgotla in order to reach the ordinary people and to implement policies.
Zomba was more ethnically mixed as it was the location of the protectorate capital, which drew immigrants from over a wide area.
The resulting empires and protectorates were chiefly founded on what one might call the new magic of technology.
The first challenge is to do away with protectorates.
