Protectorate
Protectorate noun - A state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty.
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Synonyms for Protectorate
State and protectorate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "State" instead a noun "Protectorate".
Nearby Words: protector, protectorship, protectory
State
State noun - A body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government.
Protectorate and state are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Protectorate" instead a noun "State".
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Protectorate: This is what Tyr RuGaard's dragon empire is called, with a family of dragons overseeing a "state".
Source: Literature / Age of Fire -
The protectorate as it is now has nothing against humanity (and indeed a mere human brought them back from a Despair Event Horizon), but we are in the way for them to get to the pure state.
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As the remaining Czech lands were made into a protectorate of the Third Reich, Slovakia itself became an independent country for the first time in history — but it was actually nothing more than a puppet state of Germany, very similar to Vichy France.
Source: Useful Notes / Slovakia
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