[{"word":"protectorate","phonetic":"/pɹəˈtɛktəɹɪt/","phonetics":[{"text":"/pɹəˈtɛktəɹɪt/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/protectorate-ca.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47826395"}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Government by a protector; especially, the government of England, Scotland, and Ireland by Oliver Cromwell.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"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 but the protected state retains its nominal sovereignty.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Egypt became a British protectorate in 1914."},{"definition":"An autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/protectorate"]}]