protector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: prə-tĕk'tər
ipa: /pɹəˈtɛktɚ/
ipa: /pɹəˈtɛktə/
rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)
Forms: form: protectors
form: protectour
Etymology: From Middle English protectour, from Anglo-Norman protectour, protector and its etymon Latin prōtēctor, from prōtegō (“shield, protect”). By surface analysis, protect + -or. Displaced native Old English sċildend.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 2005 January 3, Jon Huntsman Jr., quotee, “Highlights from Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.'s inauguration speech”, in Deseret News, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2018:
text: They [the Lightners] were like Gods to us. Our protectors. Our creators. Those who gave us purpose... Then, one day we were all locked away in this prison... And the Lightners never returned.
ref: 2018 October 31, Toby Fox, Deltarune, v1.10, Windows, scene: Seam's shop, level/area: Chapter 1:
glosses: Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
glosses: Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
A headmate who primarily fronts, or otherwise protects the system, in situations where the system is at risk of psychological harm.
qualifier: multiplicity slang
glosses: A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.
glosses: One who prevents interference.
glosses: A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law.
examples: text: My Lord Protector, ’tis his Highnes pleaſure, You do prepare to ride vnto S. Albons, / Where as the King and Queene do mean to Hawke.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 122, column 2:
glosses: One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: 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.
Synonyms: sense: one who protects or guards
word: guard
sense: one who protects or guards
word: sentry
sense: one who protects or guards
word: advowrer
Derived terms: athletic protector
cardioprotector
chemoprotector
cryoprotector
earthquake protector
edge protector
geroprotector
Hector protector
hepatoprotector
immunoprotector
lord protector
lyoprotector
mattress protector
nephroprotector
neuroprotector
osmoprotector
personal protector
photoprotector
phytoprotector
pocket protector
protectorless
protectorly
punt protector
radioprotector
renoprotector
screen protector
sheet protector
surge protector
thermoprotector
vasoprotector
Related terms: english: also shortened to protector
translation: also shortened to protector
word: Lord Protector
word: protect
word: protection
word: protectoral
word: protectorate
word: protectorship
word: protectory
word: protectress
word: protectrice