Sentence examples for as protector from inspiring English sources

He was also adopted as protector of several other medieval powers, including Portugal, Genoa, and Venice.

Here the state is cherished as protector rather than reviled as predator.

The company has been shielded from change by its hallowed status as protector of the nation's oil wealth.

It played many roles, including as protector of Internet freedoms and symbol of online morality and security, he said.

Thorn sounds comfortable overseeing someone else's transformation, taking notes, and, perhaps, letting go of her role as protector.

He acquiesced while Hertford assumed almost supreme power as protector with the title of duke of Somerset.

It was 1617 before Maurice came out publicly as protector of the Calvinists (the so-called Counter-Remonstrants).

Once free, he displayed his sharp intellect and political acumen in his role as protector of the Protestant churches.

St. Lazarus retains his ancient role as protector against plague but is now invoked to battle AIDS.

As one economist said, there is a notion that the state will "always step in" as protector.

Having been forced from the prizefighting ring by a broken leg, he is setting himself up "as protector, guardian, bailiff, constable-for-hire and thieftaker".