The 1915 genocide eviscerated the male population of Turkish Armenians, leaving huge numbers of women and children without protectors in a strictly patriarchal society.
He was soon left without protectors by the deaths of Freiherr von Boyneburg in December 1672 and of the Elector of Mainz in February 1673; he was now, however, free to pursue his scientific studies.
The decline of Carolingian power left it without a protector and once again subject to the whims of the local aristocracy, who struggled among themselves for control of the office and its extensive territories in central Italy.
Gotham is left without a protector, at least until next year's series Battle for the Cowl, in which one of Batman's protégés is expected to take over the role.
Would the opera work so well without a Protector as adept at portraying cruel, complex characters as baritone Christopher Purves, or a soprano combining fierce presence with such pure tone as Barbara Hannigan, or a countertenor Boy sounding as beguiling and other-worldly as Bejun Mehta?
Without a Protector, the situation is bad.
But when a despotic prince ceases for one single moment to uplift his arm, when he cannot instantly demolish those whom he has intrusted with the first employments, all is over: for as fear, the spring of this government, no longer subsists, the people are left without a protector.
The women were either widows of Muslims killed in battle and had been left without a protector, or belonged to important families or clans whom it was necessary to honor and strengthen alliances with.
You never doubt that Lilian has whatever it takes to survive - to have sex with a new protector without feeling demeaned, or to live in prison without being institutionalised, or to half starve in the wilderness without becoming feral.
The first girl, whose name has not been released, does appear to have been left without the protectors she deserves, in many senses.
