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protectorate

[pruh-tek-ter-it] / prəˈtɛk tər ɪt /




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He was born in Marrakesh in August 1933 - at the time, Morocco was a French protectorate.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

In 1941, Denmark’s ambassador to Washington, Henrik Kauffmann, signed an agreement behind his government’s back that allowed the U.S. to establish defense bases in Greenland, effectively turning the island into an American protectorate.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 11, 2026

Britain's former protectorate was named the "Pearl of Africa" in the early 20th century by the future British prime minister Winston Churchill.

From Barron's Jan. 15, 2026

“We are neither a protectorate nor a colony of any foreign nation.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 25, 2025

Rumor has it that the Resistance fighters have been getting bolder, recruiting not just Scholars, but Mariners, from the free country of Marinn, to the north, and Tribesmen, whose desert-territory is an Empire protectorate.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir




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