Protector
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The English word Protector, identical to its Latin root, means he who or that which protects, and specifically refers to :
- a number of high (mainly historical) offices, including Heads of state, are styled Protector or include that word or its equivalent in other languages
- It is especially used as a short form of Lord Protector, two high positions in the history of the British political system:
- * Regent for an English or British King
- * Head of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1653 to 1659.
- In trust law, a protector is a third party who monitors and controls the actions of the trustees.
- Protector was the second submarine built by pioneering American naval engineer Simon Lake
- The Protector, an Israeli remote-controlled watercraft, developed in 2001.
- In science fiction, Protector is the title of a novel by American writer Larry Niven, featuring Pak Protectors.
- Also, in the Fictional BattleTech universe, the Taurian Concordat is led by a Protector
- Protector is a side-scrolling Defender-style video game for the Atari Jaguar, released in 1999 by Songbird Productions, and reissued in an updated Second Edition in 2002.
- Protector is a side-scrolling Defender (video game)-style video game for the Vectrex, released in 2003 by Alex Herbs
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