Protector

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The English word Protector, identical to its Latin root, means a person or thing which protects, and may refer to:

• a number of high (mainly historical) offices, including Heads of state, are styled Protector or include that word or its equivalent in other languages
• It is especially used as a short form of Lord Protector, two high positions in the history of the British political system:
  • Regent for an English or British King
  • Head of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1653 to 1659.
• The Protector, a fictional character.
• In trust law, a protector is a third party who monitors and controls the actions of the trustees.
• Protector was the second submarine built by pioneering American naval engineer Simon Lake
• The Protector, an Israeli remote-controlled watercraft, developed in 2001.
• Protector (band) - death/thrash metal band

• In science fiction, Protector is the title of a novel by American writer Larry Niven, featuring Pak Protectors.
• In the Fictional BattleTech universe, the Taurian Concordat is led by a Protector
• Protector is prototype-only an arcade video game by Gottlieb
• Protector is a side-scrolling Defender-style video game for the Atari Jaguar, released in 1999 by Songbird Productions, and reissued in an updated Second Edition in 2002.
• Protector is a side-scrolling Defender (video game)-style video game for the Vectrex, released in 2003 by Alex Herbs
• The PROTECTOR Remote Weapon Station (PROTECTOR M151 and other variants)

[edit] See also

• Defender
• The Protector