Definitions
a person who cares for persons or property
Word origin
From Middle English protectour, from Anglo-Norman protectour, protector and its etymon Latin prōtēctor, from prōtegō (“shield, protect”). By surface analysis, protect + -or. Displaced native Old English sċildend.
Used in a sentence
“I stand before you in the spirit of pure public service — not as a protector of the status quo, but as an agent of change.”
“They [the Lightners] were like Gods to us. Our protectors. Our creators. Those who gave us purpose... Then, one day we were all locked away in this prison... And the Lightners never returned.”
“My Lord Protector, ’tis his Highnes pleaſure, You do prepare to ride vnto S. Albons, / Where as the King and Queene do mean to Hawke.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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