protectorate
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He was born in Marrakesh in August 1933 - at the time, Morocco was a French protectorate.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Britain's former protectorate was named the "Pearl of Africa" in the early 20th century by the future British prime minister Winston Churchill.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
One more reason to which he alludes: The Jewish state serves as the protectorate of several historical and biblical Christian sites that millions of pilgrims visit each year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
“We are neither a protectorate nor a colony of any foreign nation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025
Rumor has it that the Resistance fighters have been getting bolder, recruiting not just Scholars, but Mariners, from the free country of Marinn, to the north, and Tribesmen, whose desert-territory is an Empire protectorate.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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