What is "protector"

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 (1653-1658).

late 14c., from Old French protector (14c., Modern French protecteur) and directly from Late Latin protector, agent noun from protegere (see protection). Related: Protectoral.

n. 1 Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative. 2 A device or mechanism which is designed to protect. 3 One who prevents interference. 4 A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law. 5 (context UK historical English) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent. 6 (context Roman Catholic English) 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.

n. a person who cares for persons or property [syn: defender, guardian, shielder]

Protector may refer to:

• Protector (title), a title or part of various historical titles of heads of state and others in authority, especially:
  • Lord Protector, two high positions in the history of the British political system
    • a Regent for an English or British King
    • during The Protectorate, the period 1653–1659, the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland was governed by a Lord Protector
• Protector (trust), in trust law, a third party who monitors and controls the trustees
• Protector (role variant), in personality testing, a role variant in the Keirsey Temperament Sorter

The Protector (Jason Hart) is a superhero that occasionally teams up with the Teen Titans. He somewhat replaces Robin temporarily in the 1983 The New Teen Titans drug issues written by Marv Wolfman and penciled by George Pérez.

Protector, sometimes spelled protecter, is used as a title or part of various historical titles of heads of state and others in authority. The word literally means one who protects.

The Protector Guardian is one of the 16 role variants of the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, a self-assessed personality questionnaire designed to help people better understand themselves. David Keirsey originally described the Protector role variant; however, a brief summary of the personality types described by Isabel Myers contributed to its development. Protectors correlate with the ISFJ Myers-Briggs type.

The M151 PROTECTOR Remote Weapon Station is a remotely controlled weapons station (RWS) that can be mounted to vehicles and stationary platforms. It is manufactured by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace of Norway and Thales Group of France.

Protector is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.

Protector, in comics, may refer to:

• Protector (DC Comics), the alias used by Jason Hart who briefly took over the role of Robin
• Protector, a number of Marvel Comics characters:
  • Protector (Marvel Comics), a character who has appeared alongside the Fantastic Four
  • Protector, a Marvel Comics character who appeared in Tales to Astonish
  • Protector, the alias currently used by Noh-Varr

Protector is a 1973 science fiction novel by Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe. It was nominated for the Hugo in 1974, and placed fourth in the annual Locus poll for that year.

The work fleshes out a species called the Pak, originally introduced in a 1967 story called The Adults, which forms the first half of the novel (there titled Phssthpok); the second half is titled Vandervecken. The Pak also appear in several of Niven's later works, notably the later volumes of the Ringworld series and the novel Destroyer of Worlds which serves as a semi-sequel to Protector.

Protector is a prototype videogame developed by Tom Malinowski with artwork by Q*bert's Jeff Lee for the arcade game company Gottlieb. It was also known by numerous other names during its development and test including Argus and Videoman.

Prototypes of Protector appeared in arcades in the Chicago area, including the '#1 Fun' arcade in the Brementown Mall in Tinley Park and Just Games Inc. in Downers Grove.

In the game, the players controlled a Superman-like character (named Fireman) tasked with protecting lumbering citizens on the street below. Enemies would swoop down and punch the character; blocking or pushing the Protector around. But the enemies' primary purpose is to abduct/kill the citizens below. The player's character is invincible, and the game ended when all the citizens were killed or abducted. Each round has a number of enemies that must be dispatched before going on to the next. Each round has a different theme, though most are the same save a different backdrop. The even-numbered rounds are identical to the odd ones save that they have a 'night' version of previous round. Some 'themes' repeat before new scenes appear. Rounds include:

• A city street scene
• A mountain-like scene
• A rocket launchpad
• A moon scene (notable in that the citizens wear spacesuits and drive moon vehicles)

The player controls his character with a trackball and 2 buttons. One button fires shots at enemies. The other when pressed catches falling citizens (who will otherwise die if falling above a certain height, ala Defender) and vehicles that enemies pick up.

Some superhero-like attackers abduct citizens, damage buildings and hurl rubble. Robots appearing in later waves roam the street and hurl citizens to lethal heights requiring rescue. 'Electrodes' drop from the sky, land and explode if not destroyed. Particularly sinister lethal globs are sent down by a flying-saucer like craft which transform into monsters that eat the citizens. For some reason - possibly due to a bug - sometimes shooting the flying saucer causes a citizen to appear in its place and fall from the sky.

Gottlieb chose not to manufacture this game beyond the prototype stage. Not only are no prototypes known to exist, but Protector has recently become playable with the MAME emulator.

In trust law, a protector is a person appointed under the trust instrument to direct or restrain the trustees in relation to their administration of the trust.

Historically, the concept of a protector developed in offshore jurisdictions where settlors were (perhaps understandably) concerned about appointing a trust company in a small, distant country as sole trustee of an offshore trust which is to hold a great deal of the settlor's wealth. However, protectors now form a part of mainstream tax planning in most jurisdictions which recognise trusts.

There are a number of reasons that a settlor may wish to appoint a protector in relation to a trust:

• protectors allow a great degree of flexibility when dealing with changes in circumstances, including both factual circumstances (death, premature divorce, previously unknown children) and legal changes (any legal changes, but most frequently changes to applicable revenue laws);
• the settlor may be concerned that the trustee may not pay sufficient attention to his wishes;
• the settlor wishes certain powers to be withheld from the trustees; or
• the settlor wishes a third party to act as a main point of contact, between the beneficiaries and the trustees.

The powers vested in the protector vary both according to the proper law of the trust and the terms of the trust instrument. The powers may include:

1. power to remove and appoint trustees;
2. power to approve a change of proper law;
3. power to approve the addition or removal of beneficiaries;
4. power to approve proposed trust distributions;
5. power to approve the appointment of an agent or adviser either generally or in relation to specific matters;
6. power to approve investment recommendations;
7. power to appoint replacement protectors; and
8. power to terminate the trust or approve the termination of the trust.

Conceptually many commentators have difficulty with the idea of a protector, as this undermines the role which in law has historically been fulfilled by the trustees. As protectors are a relatively recent innovation in trust law, case law is scant. Is it not even clear if as a matter a law a protector would owe fiduciary duties to the beneficiaries (although in practice, many trust instruments expressly state that they shall).

It is sometimes suggested that where the protector is too close to the beneficial interest in the trust (for example, if the protectors have power to confer benefits upon themselves, directly or indirectly) this may destroy the essential nature of the trust. If the protector has power to grant beneficial interests in the trust fund to the settlor, this may have disastrous tax consequences in some jurisdictions.

Protector is a 2009 Czech film directed by Marek Najbrt. It is a story of Hana and Emil Vrbata, a couple living in German-occupied Czechoslovakia, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, during World War II. The general reception by the Czech press and the audience was extremely positive. It was selected as the Czech Republic's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards.

Protector was a 1981 computer game for the Atari 8-bit series written by Mike Potter and distributed first by Crystalware and then Synapse Software.

The game requires the player to rescue the citizens of a city from an impending volcanic explosion. Graphically the game resembles the contemporary arcade game Defender, although the gameplay was significantly different. The sequel, Protector II, had similar gameplay but was more advanced graphically.

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Protector was a 380ton Canadian barque built and launched in 1827 in Canada. She is most well known for transporting colonists to the nascent Swan River Colony in February 1830.

She was built in Lincoln, New Brunswick, Canada as a three-masted barque with square stern, no galleries, and a bust figurehead. She was launched by John Richard Portelow on 19 May 1827, and on 3 November the following year was sold by to a consortium of merchants in Bristol (England) — Edward Bevan (21 shares); William Cross (22 shares); and Francis Holladay (21 shares also). They appointed George Thomas as Master for her first voyage.

In 1829 she was re-registered with an altered construction comprising square rig, sham quarter galleries, and a female figurehead. Her first voyage proper was to the Swan River Colony, departing Gravesend on 11 October 1829. She arrived in Western Australia on 25 February.

Other ships that arrived that summer included: Calista, St. Leonard, Marquis of Anglesea (wrecked), Thomson, Amity, Georgia, Lotus, Tranby, Warrior, Britania, Wanstead, Hooghly, Atwick, Governor Phillip, Euphemia, Aurelia, Orelia, Cumberland, Caroline, Admiral Gifford, Lion, Dragon, Gilmour, Norfolk, Nancy, Leda, and Skerne.

Amongst her passengers were Henry Ernest and Sarah Theodosia Hall, and their son William Shakespeare Hall.

The return voyage to England was via Mauritius and Calcutta.