[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects partly controls.", "a state or territory so protected .", "the office or position, or the term of , of a protector .", "the government of a protector .", "(initial capital letter)English History.the period (1653–59) during which Oliver and Richard Cromwell held the title of Lord Protector, sometimes extended to include the period of the restoration of the Rump Parliament (1659–60)."]}]