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protectorate meaning in Tamil

காப்பரசு

/pɹəˈtɛktəɹɪt/

protectorate in Tamil: காப்பரசு, காப்புநாடு. In English, protectorate 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.

Tamil words for protectorate

காப்பரசு, காப்புநாடு

English meaning of protectorate

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun The office or position of the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth.
  3. noun The authority assumed by a state over another state deemed inferior or dependent, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs but the protected state retains its nominal sovereignty.
  4. noun An autonomous state under protectorate.

Full definition of protectorate

protectorate in a sentence

  • Egypt became a British protectorate in 1914.

Synonyms of protectorate

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Questions about protectorate in Tamil

What is the meaning of protectorate in Tamil?
Protectorate in Tamil is காப்பரசு, காப்புநாடு.
protectorate என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Protectorate: காப்பரசு, காப்புநாடு.
What does protectorate mean in English?
Protectorate 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.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: protectorate (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: protectorate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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