Definition of Protector

	Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog Now!
Home - Quote Topics - Quotes of the Day - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Quotation Trivia Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Protector

One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron.

One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.

A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.

Related Definitions:

After, Also, At, Cardinal, Care, Catholic, College, Considerable, Defender, During, Evil, From, Guardian, Having, His, Has, Injury, King, Kingdom, Minority, More, Of, One, Oppression, Or, Order, Patron, People, Regent, Relation, Religious, Roman, Same, That, The, To, Which, Who

Protector Quotations

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.
Mark Twain

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
Plato

I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
Francois Rabelais

I think Superman's journey is to become comfortable on earth. Of course he's got his role as earth's greatest protector but he also wants to be as happy as he can and if that happens to be with Lois then he's going to find a way.
Brandon Routh

The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector.
William Greider

Thirty years ago, there was definitely a huge difference between men and women, and the man wanting to feel like the protector, and not scare the wife.
Robin Tunney

Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority.
Diane Watson

We do hereby command the Leaders of the Hebrew, Catholic and Protestant Churches to sanctify and have us crowned Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.
Joshua A. Norton

Protector Translations

protector in French is protecteur, protectrice
protector in German is Schutzeinrichtung
protector in Latin is praesul presul, patronus
protector in Spanish is protector

Quotes