Protector

Definition: Protector

Protector

Noun

1. A person who cares for persons or property.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "protector" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Protector \Pro*tect"or\, noun. [Latin: compare to the French expression protecteur.]. (Websters 1913)

Literature

Post & Telecom

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Synonyms: Protector

Defense

Garrison, picket, piquet; defender, protector; guardian; (safety); bodyguard, champion; knight-errant, Paladin; propugner.

Keeper

Protector, governor, duenna; guardian; governess; (teacher); nurse, nanny, babysitter, catsitter, dogsitter, bonne, ayah.

Master

Crowned head, emperor, king, anointed king, majesty, imperator, protector, president, stadholder, judge.

Safety

Protector, guardian; warden, warder; preserver, custodian, duenna, chaperon, third person.

Crosswords: Protector

Latin (defender, guardian, member of corps of guards, protector), Portuguese (protective cap, protective cover, shroud), Romanian (Guardian, helper, paternal, patron, patronal, protector, well wisher), Spanish (coverture, custodian, defender, embankment, Guardian, patron, patronizing, protecting, protective, protector).

President elect of the high council of Timelords, keeper of the legacy of Rassilon, defender of the laws of time, protector of Gallifrey. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco)

No, because it's the Egyptian goddess Bast, the goddess who comprehends all goddesses, eye of Ra, protector, avenger, destroyer, giver of life who lives forever. (Dark Angel; writing credit: Ben Aaronovitch; Mark Ezra)

That's not a lobster bib Eleanore its a germ protector for your tushey. (Eight Crazy Nights; writing credit: Brooks Arthur; Allen Covert)

Well, the Protector got super-accelerated coming out of the black hole, and it, like, nailed the atmosphere at Mach 15, which, you guys know, is pretty unstable, obviously, so we're gonna help Laredo guide it on the vox ultra-frequency carrier and use Roman candles for visual confirmation. (Galaxy Quest; writing credit: David Howard)

Why don't you stop playing the protector and admit the truth? (Smallville; writing credit: Richard Pinto; Sharat Sardana)

Prosperity is the best protector of principle. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Hector the Protector (1965)

The Protector (1997)

Animal Protector (1988)

Ninja the Protector (1986)

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References

• OPSM Protector Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Her Lord Protector (Silhouette Intimate Moments, No. 1160) (reference)

• Protector (reference)

• Ranch of Dreams: A Lifelong Protector of Animals Shares the Story of His Extraordinary Sanctuary (reference)

• The Protector (reference)

• The Protector (O'Malley #4) (reference)

  (more book examples)

High Tech

• APC PER7 Personal Surge Arrest Protector (7-Outlets) (reference)

• InterAct Game Boy Color Protector - Crystal Cloud (reference)

• Kensington Pda Protector Hard Case Blue Ice Designed for Palm Vm505 M500 (reference)

• Panamax Surge Protector 8-DBs 8-Outlet 6Ft Cord Ac+DBs Protection 510 Joul (reference)

• Surge Isolator Multi Protector 4outlet 6ft-cord 2775j (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Bissell 710 Fiber Cleansing Formula with Scotchgard Protector (reference)

• Peltor 90545 WorkTunes Professional Hearing Protector with AM/FM Stereo (reference)

• Belkin Components F5H050-TEL SurgeStrip HD 6-Outlet Surge Protector (reference)

• CARPAD 216074 Midsize/Gold, 16' x 7.4' Garage Floor Protector (reference)

• Stanley Surgepro Surge Protector, 15 Cord, 844 Joules (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Massasoit, protector and preserver of the Pilgrims. Statue erected in his memory at Plymouth. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Genl. Andrew Jackson. 18028. Protector & defender of beauty & booty. Orleans. Credit: Library of Congress.

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The elder, already something of a protector, led his brother with his left hand and had a stick in his right hand.

My Lord Protector needs will have it so.

I took leave of my noble protector, who had shown me so much favor and made me a generous present at my departure.

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Health

Development and investigation of hearing protector designs that provide improved wearer comfort, usability, and more natural audition. (references)

Labeled ratings of hearing protector attenuation must be more realistic so that the degree of protection achieved in the workplace can be properly estimated. (references)

Hearing protection manufacturers should supply comprehensive instructions concerning proper protector use and also be encouraged to increase device availability to the public sector. (references)

Economic History

Gabon

France assumed the status of protector by signing treaties with Gabonese coastal chiefs in 1839 and 1841. American missionaries from New England established a mission at Baraka (now Libreville) in 1842. In 1849, the French captured a slave ship and released the passengers at the mouth of the Komo River. (references)

Poland

Poland served successfully as the Chairman in Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 1998. It has done a superb job as the formal protector of American interests in Iraq since the Gulf War and cooperates closely with American diplomacy on such issues as nuclear proliferation, human rights, regional cooperation in central and eastern Europe, and United Nations reform. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

The Office of the Protector of Citizens (OPC), an ombudsman-like office provided for by the Constitution, reported receiving an increase in complaints of abuse at all levels of the Government. (references)

Political Economy

Poland

Poland has been a member of NATO and thus a U.S. ally since March 1999. Poland has done a superb job as the formal protector of American interests in Iraq since the Gulf War and cooperates closely with the United States on such issues as nuclear nonproliferation, human rights, regional cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe, and reform of the United Nations. (references)

Turkey

The military exercises indirect influence over government policy and actions in the belief that it is the constitutional protector of the State. (references)

Travel

Ukraine

Travelers might also want to consider bringing a surge protector, especially for portable computers and other electronic devices. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "protector": cab protector ♦ chemical protector ♦ chest protector ♦ ear protector ♦ hearing protector ♦ knee protector ♦ Lord Protector ♦ protector of Boundaries ♦ radiation protector ♦ surge protector ♦ throat protector. Additional references.

Ending with "protector": face-protector, rib-protector.

Albanian

regjent (Regent), mjet mbrojtës (hedge, preventive, protection), mbrojtës (advocate, apologetic, apologetical, back, champion, conservator, defender, fullback, guard, Guardian, keeper, paraclete, patron, protective, quarterback, tutelar, vindicator, vindicatory). (various references)

Arabic 

‏المدافع, ‏النصير (adherent, backer, champion, devotee, exponent, partisan, patron, supporter), ‏الولي, ‏الوصي على العرش, ‏الواقية أداة للوقاية من الأذى, ‏الحامي (hamate, keeper, patron). (various references)

Bulgarian 

регент, защитник (advocate, back, conservator, defender, guard, paraclete, patron, pleader, prophet, proponent, protagonist, protection, quarterback, respondent, square leg, supporter, vindicator), предпазител (cutout, fender, pawl, safeguard, safety fuse), пазител (custodian, depositary, keeper, protection, watchdog). (various references)

Chinese 

保護者 , 保护者. (various references)

Czech

protektor, ochránce (backer, custodian, Guardian, patron). (various references)

Danish

skørtplade (foot protector, spur guard), overspændingsbeskyttelse (arrester, crowbar), lynbeskyttelse, afviserplade (foot protector, spur guard). (various references)

Dutch

stootbord (foot protector, skirting board, spur guard, the upright member between two stair treads), bliksemafleider (lightning conductor, lightning rod). (various references)

Farsi 

پشتیبان (Backer, Behind, Patron, Second), نیکدار, نگهدار (Backer, Buttress, Keeper, Looker, Patron, Prop, Stanchion, Tenter), قیم (Executor, Guardian), حامی (Actor, Advocate, Backer, Booster, Bulwark, Partisan, Patron, Shield, Sponsor), سرپرست (Attendant, Caretaker, Headman, Overseer, Supervisor, Warden). (various references)

Finnish

ylijännitesuoja (arrester). (various references)

French

protecteur (protectionist, protective). (various references)

German

Schutzeinrichtung (conveyor belts guard, safeguard). (various references)

Greek 

προστάτησ (patron, prostate, shelterer), προστασία χείλους δαπέδου (foot protector, spur guard), ασφάλεια υπερτάσεων, αλεξικέραυνο (lightning conductor, lightning rod). (various references)

Hebrew 

�'ו� ן. (various references)

Hungarian

pártfogó (acting guardian, friend, helper, patron, shield, well-wisher), védõ (defender, defensive, protective), kormányzó (governing, governor, lieutenant, Regent, steering, vicegerent). (various references)

Indonesian

pengayom, pembela (advocate, defender), deking (cover, patron, protection). (various references)

Italian

protezione inferiore (foot protector, spur guard), protettore (backer, defender, patron), scaricatore (docker, overflow, spillway, unloader). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

防具 , プロセス制御 (plot, plotter, process control, processing, processor, product, product ad, product design, product life cycle, product manager, product planning, product protection, production, production control, production team, products, propjet, protect, protected, protection, protein, protestant, Protestantism), 保護者 (guardian, patron). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

プロテクター , ぼうぐ, ほ�"しゃ (guardian, patron). (various references)

Korean 

보호자 (Conservator). (various references)

Manx

fer coadee (guardian, keeper), fendeilagh (defendant, defender, defensive, protective, tenable). (various references)

Pig Latin

otectorpray

Portuguese

protetor (calkin, candle-holder, clout, defensive, friend, guard, guardian, keeper, nurse, patron, protective, second, shield, tutelar, upholder), patrono (patron), pára-raios (conductor, lightning-arrester, lightning-rod), revestimento protetor, guarda (caretaker, cater, check-taker, chokidar, custodian, guard, guardianship, headboard, household troops, keeper, keeping, minder, police officer, safe conduct, safeguard, tendance, tender, tenter, trustee, ward, warden, watch, watcher, watchman), defensor (advocate, apologist, champion, defender, defensive, guardian, keeper, second, upholder, vindicator, votary), cápsula (cap, capsule, case, detonator, shuck), avental de protecção (foot protector, spur guard). (various references)

Romanian

protector (Guardian, helper, paternal, patron, patronal, well wisher), patron (boss, employer, master, owner, patron, patron saint, paymaster), guvernator (governor, lieutenant governor), apãrãtor (apron, champion, defencist, defender, friend, Guardian, palladium, supporter). (various references)

Russian 

защитное устройство, защитник (advocate, apologist, apologizer, asserter, assertor, back, champion, cover, cover-point, defender, defense attorney, defenseman, fullback, pleader, proponent, quarterback, vindicative, vindicator), автор протектор, предохранитель (arrester, fuse, fuze, pawl, preventer, safety catch, safety latch). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

protektor, zagovornik (patron), zaštitnik (advocate, guardian, keeper, patron, solicitor), štitnik (buckler, visor). (various references)

Spanish

protector (coverture, custodian, defender, embankment, Guardian, patron, patronizing, protecting, protective). (various references)

Swedish

protektor, spänningsavledare, beskyddare (Guardian, patron). (various references)

Turkish

kral vekili, koruyucu (conservator, contraceptive, Guardian, guarding, keeper, life saver, patron, preservative, preserver, preventive, prophylactic, protecting, protective, protectress, safeguard, safety, sentinel, tutelar, tutelary, umbrella, warden), hami (maecenas, shield, sponsor, tutelar, tutelary). (various references)

Turkmen 

goragзy. (various references)

Ukrainian

регент (arch-chanter, chanter, choir master, chorister, warden), чохол (cap, case, cover, covering, jacket, sheet, slip over, slipcover, tick, wrapper), оборонець (advocate, champion, vindicator), заступник (advocate, alternate, deputy, lieutenant, nurser, patron, promoter, surrogate), захисник (advocate, apologist, assertor, defender, promoter, proponent, quarter-back, warrant), запобіжник (cut out, pawl, safeguard), протектор, покровитель. (various references)

Vietnamese 

vật bảo hộ, quan nhiếp chính, người che chở vật bảo vệ, người bảo vệ (bulwark, conservator), người bảo hộ. (various references)

Welsh

noddwr (benefactor, patron), arwaesaf (guarantor, warrant), amddiffynnydd (defender), amddiffynnwr (defender), achlesydd. (various references)

altor, custodem, custodes, custodi, custodibus, custodis, custodum, custos, defensor, defensorem, defensori, paracletum, paracletus, patronus, phasor, praeses, praeside, praesidem, praesides, praesidi, praesidis, praesidium, praesul presul, protector, protectorem, protectores, sola, solae, solam, soli, solis, solius, solo, solos, solum, solus, solusque, tutoribus, vindex. (various references)

pâyu, vâstârem. (various references)

hleo. (various references)

chaperon. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "protector": protectoral, protectorate, protectorates, protectories, protectors, protectorship, protectorships, protectory. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Protector" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: productory, Progetto, prolector, propector, prosector, protesto, protocor, proyectos. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: porrect, proctor, protect, trooper.

-3 letters: cooper, cooter, copter, cotter, poorer, porter, potter, pretor, rector, report, retort, rooter, rotter, tooter, torero, torpor.

-4 letters: cooer, coopt, coper, corer, crept, crore, octet, otter, petto, potto, recto, repot, repro, retro, roper, rotor, rotte, toper, torot, torte, toter, troop, trope.

-5 letters: cero, coop, coot, cope, core, cote, crop, otto.

+1 letter: protectors, protectory.

+2 letters: overprotect, protectoral.

+3 letters: carrottopped, exteroceptor, interoceptor, overprotects, photocurrent, protectorate, protectories, thermotropic.

+4 letters: anticorporate, containerport, cotransported, exteroceptors, heterotrophic, interoceptors, overprotected, photocurrents, photoreceptor, protectorates, protectorship, retrospection.

+5 letters: anthropometric, containerports, counterproject, counterprotest, cryoprotectant, cryoprotective, erythropoietic, intercorporate, overprotecting, overprotection, overprotective, photoreceptors, protectorships, retrospections, thermoreceptor.