(n)vassal prince, See Also:ruler of a colony/protectorate, Example:ผู้ชายชุดดำที่ยืนอยู่หน้าประตูเป็นเจ้าหลวงของเมืองทางเหนือ, Thai Definition:เจ้าผู้ครองประเทศราช
(n)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, Syn.associated state
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
n. [ Cf. F. protectorat. ] 1. Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]
[あんせいとごふ, anseitogofu](n) (See 都護府) Protectorate General to Pacify the West; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE[Add to Longdo]
[あんとうとごふ, antoutogofu](n) (See 都護府) Protectorate General to Pacify the East; Tang-period Chinese office established in Pyongyang in 668 CE[Add to Longdo]
[えんぜんとごふ, enzentogofu](n) (See 都護府) Protectorate General to Pacify the North; Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE[Add to Longdo]
[せいいきとごふ, seiikitogofu](n) (See 都護府) Protectorate General of the Western Regions; Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE[Add to Longdo]
[ぜんうとごふ, zen'utogofu](n) (See 都護府) Protectorate General of the Central Asian Nomadic Lands; Han-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 650 CE[Add to Longdo]
[とご, togo](n) (1) (See 都護府) Protector General; Tang-period Chinese official in charge of the local Protectorate General; (2) (See 按察使) travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara- and Heian-period position)[Add to Longdo]
[とごふ, togofu](n) (See 都護・1, 西域都護府, 安東都護府, 安南都護府, 安西都護府, 燕然都護府, 単于都護府, 北庭都護府) Protectorate General; Han- and Tang-period Chinese office established to pacify and control peoples on the frontier (during the Tang period, six major Protectorate Generals were established)[Add to Longdo]