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protectionary

protectionary adjective: serving to protect; protective.

Adjective

protectionary (not comparable)

  1. Serving to protect; protective.

Origin of protectionary

From protection + -ary.

Questions about protectionary

What does protectionary mean?
Protectionary means serving to protect; protective.
What part of speech is protectionary?
Protectionary is an adjective.

Words near protectionary in the dictionary

  1. protection proxies
  2. protection proxy
  3. protection racket
  4. protection rackets
  5. protectional
  6. protectionary
  7. protectionism
  8. protectionisms
  9. protectionist
  10. protectionistic
  11. protectionists

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