Lord Protector
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A good understanding seems to have been maintained between the lord protector and the metropolitan authorities.
From London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. by Unknown
Ludovico was dotingly fond of his bride, Marcelia, and his love was amply returned; but during his absence in the camp, he left Francesco lord protector, and Francesco assailed the fidelity of the young duchess.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
I pray, my lord, pardon me; I took ye for my lord protector.
From King Henry VI, Part 2 by Shakespeare, William
My masters, let's stand close; my lord protector will come this way by and by, and then we may deliver our supplications in the quill.
From King Henry VI, Part 2 by Shakespeare, William
By the will of the king he was nominated one of a council of regency composed of sixteen persons, but he acquiesced in the arrangement by which Somerset became lord protector.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
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