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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pruh-tek-ter
Phonetic Transcription : prəˈtɛk tər

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Définition of protector

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French protector (14c., Modern French protecteur) and directly from Late Latin protector, agent noun from protegere (see protection). Related: Protectoral.
  • noun guardian
  • noun caretaker
Example sentences :
  • She clung to him so that he could not help feeling himself her protector.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Is such the faith that Cora Munro would exact from her protector?
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • So young, so courted, so tempted as she must be—and with such a protector!
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Donald had from the start constituted himself her protector in a lordly way.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • But come, you are doubtless not aware that I am the protector of Lourdes here at Rome.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • This saint became the Christian successor of Neptune, as the protector of seamen.
  • Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
  • Then, changing his tactics, he said roughly: "I suppose you realise that you are your sister's protector?"
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • But on the other hand a poor widow is despised who has no protector.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; » by Various
  • Was it for Cesare Borgia to set up as a protector and avenger of cuckolds?
  • Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini
  • May my face be bright in your eyes, protector of the poor and husband of the widow!
  • Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith

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