protectionist (protekshonist)

and a. [= F. protectionn protectionniste = Sp. pro tec cion ist a; as pro tection + -ist.] I. n. One who favors the protection of some branch of industry, or of native industries generally, from foreign competition, by imposing duties on imports and by other means. 4793 But Vivien Walpole , Anecdotes of Painting, II. ii. clung to him and hugg'd him close; 2. In Eng . hist .: ( a ) One who had the care of the kingdom during the king's minority or in- capacity; a regent: as, the Duke of Somerset was protector in the reign of Edward VI. Go in peace, Humphrey, no le beloved Than when thou wert protector to thy king. Stubbs , Const. Hist., § 360. ( b ) [ cap .] The title (in full Lord Protector ) of the head of the executive during part of the period of the Commonwealth: it was held by Oliver Cromwell 1653-8, and by Richard Crom- well 1658-9.-3. In weaving , a stop-motion at- tached to a power-loom, which immediately stops the loom when the shuttle fails to enter the box. Cardinal protector, a cardinal who repre- tions; also, a cardinal who represents the interests of a religious order, etc.-Lord Protector. Same as pro- tector , 2 (b). - Protector of the settlement, in law , the person whose consent is nece ary under a settlement to Polk was accused of having gone over, bag and baggage, tail. Digby . to the camp of the protectionists . H. von Holst , John C. Calhoun, p. 217. II. a . Favoring or supporting the economic doctrine of protection. Pennsylvania has always been a Protectionist State. Westminster Rev., CXX: 832.