Writ of protection. (Law) (a) A writ by which the king formerly exempted a person from arrest; — now disused. [Eng.] Blackstone. (b) A judicial writ issued to a person required to attend court, as party, juror, etc., intended to secure him from arrest in coming, staying, and returning.

Syn. — Preservation; defense; guard; shelter; refuge; security; safety.

Protectionism
(Pro*tec"tion*ism) n. (Polit. Econ.) The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See Protection, 4.

Protectionist
(Pro*tec"tion*ist), n. (Polit. Econ.) One who favors protection. See Protection, 4.

Protective
(Pro*tect"ive) a. [Cf. F. protectif.] Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. " The favor of a protective Providence." Feltham.

Protective coloring(Zoöl.), coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf. Mimicry. Wallace. — Protective tariff(Polit. Econ.), a tariff designed to secure protection as distinguished from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See Tariff, and Protection, 4.

Protectiveness
(Pro*tect"ive*ness), n. The quality or state of being protective. W. Pater.

Protector
(Pro*tect"or) n. [L.: cf. F. protecteur.]

1. One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron.

For the world's protector shall be known.
Waller.

2. (Eng. Hist.) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.

Is it concluded he shall be protector !
Shak.

3. (R. C. Ch.) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.

Lord Protector(Eng. Hist.), the title of Oliver Cromwell as supreme governor of the British Commonwealth

Protectoral
(Pro*tect"or*al) a. Of or pertaining to a protector; protectorial; as, protectoral power.

Protectorate
(Pro*tect"or*ate) n. [Cf. F. protectorat.]

1. Government by a protector; — applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell.

2. The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs.

Protectorial
(Pro`tec*to"ri*al) a. [Cf. L. protectorius.] Same as Protectoral.

Protectorless
(Pro*tect"or*less) a. Having no protector; unprotected.

Protectorship
(Pro*tect"or*ship), n. The office of a protector or regent; protectorate.

4. (Polit. Econ.) A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a country from foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; — opposed to free trade.
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