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 --
The negotiations would stand a better chance of success if they took place in the knowledge that the protectorate would follow.
I do not think it is a protectorate.
The report was published in the protectorate last month.
After that war we first made it a protectorate, then a sultanate and next we granted it the status of a kingdom which brought self-rule.
There was some prospect of teacher training being commenced in the protectorate area.
It was a protectorate and it will remain a protectorate.
What is more, the planned solutions to assist these protectorates are problematic and harmful.
The first challenge is to do away with protectorates.
