n.[C]

1. 保护者；防御者
   protectors of wildlife

   野生动植物保护者

2. 保护装置，保护器
3. 摄政者

n.

1. a person or thing that protects.
2. (Protector) historical a regent in charge of a kingdom during the minority, absence, or incapacity of the sovereign.
   ▸ (also Lord Protector of the Commonwealth) the title of Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard as heads of state in England 1653–9.