protectorship

Example Sentences

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But by the time of Annie Leibovitz’s protectorship her self-image had changed.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2019

I mean even personal respect—the modest respect of humanity, and fellow-feeling; not the libidinous mockery of gallantry, nor the insolent condescension of protectorship.

From Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Wollstonecraft, Mary

Thereupon B�ranger, who did not like to be forgotten in this chorus of praise, paid a ceremonious visit to Sue, and between the two they assumed the protectorship of the horny-handed son of toil.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

They supposed that he sought to make the protectorship hereditary in his family.

From The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 by Belloc, Hilaire

Then to accept his family's protectorship and hospitality for that same end was even more obnoxious.

From Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast by Munn, Charles Clark