Protector

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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
  • The Protectorate, the period 1653–1659 during which 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

In books and comics:

• Protector (novel), a 1973 science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven
  • Pak Protector, a form of alien life in this and other novels by Niven
• Protector (DC Comics), a superhero briefly a member of the New Teen Titans
• Protector (Marvel Comics), a character in the Marvel Universe
• Protectors, a Malibu Comics group and title
• Protector, a Marvel Comics character who appeared in Tales to Astonish
• The Protector (novel), a 2003 novel by David Morrell

In film and television:

• The Protector (1985 film), a Hong Kong action film starring Jackie Chan
• The Protectors, a British television series
• Tom-Yum-Goong (US title: The Protector), a 2005 Thai martial arts film

In gaming:

• Protector (arcade game), a prototype-only arcade video game by Gottlieb
• Protector (Atari game), a 1999 video game for the Atari Jaguar
• Protector (Vectrex game), a 2003 video game for the Vectrex

In military:

• Protector USV, an Israeli unmanned surface vehicle
• Protector M151, a remotely controlled weapons station
• Protector (submarine), a 1901 submarine built by American naval engineer Simon Lake
• HMAS Protector, two different ships operated by the Royal Australian Navy

In other uses:

• Protector, Richard Lederer, a member of the black metal band Summoning

[edit] See also

• Defender (disambiguation)

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