Synonyms of protectorate

protectorate

noun

as in territory

a small country that is controlled and protected by a larger one

Related Words

• territory
• mandate
• dependency
• possession
• colony
• plantation
• diaspora
• outpost
• exclave
• habitation
• camp
• post

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of protectorate

Critics will claim that trading Canadian or Danish oversight for an American protectorate merely swaps one master for another. — Barry Scott Zellen, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2026

Pashinyan has implemented the complete transformation of Armenia’s position in the region and the world, going from a de facto protectorate of Russia to one bordering on hostility. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2026

With very few exceptions, an end was declared, not only to empires, but also to city-states, duchies, principalities, emirates, sultanates, caliphates, khanates, agencies, princely states, colonies, suzerains, dependencies, mandates, tributaries, condominia and protectorates. — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026

The island had been a protectorate of the United States since the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898. — USA Today, 6 May 2026