protectorate · noun1
From protector + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a system ruled by people of such office).
Protectorate · proper noun2
Proprialization from protectorate.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
protectorate
pro·tec·tor·ateToday it means: Government by a protector; especially, The Protectorate: government of England, Scotland, and Ireland between 1653 and 1659 under the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth Oliver Cromwell, later his son Richard Cromwell. Full definition →