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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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protector
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A word for anyone taking charge of a kingdom during the minority or absence of a monarch (as with the duke of Somerset in the reign of *Edward VI), but used particularly in British history in relation to the *Protectorate.
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