(n.) One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron.
(n.) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
(n.) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Yves was the vulnerable, suffering artist and Pierre the fiercely controlling protector: a man who, in Lespert's film, is painfully aware of his public image – "the pimp who's found his all-star hooker".
(2) A physical grading of some well-known sunburn protectors is described as a guide to the choice of preparation.
(3) Out of 50 consecutive untreated patients with diffuse toxic goitre 15 showed long-acting thyroid stimulator (LATS), 30 showed LATS protector only, and five showed neither.
(4) GTP protected photolabeling with an apparent kd of 15 microM, whereas ATP was less effective as a protector, exhibiting an apparent kd of about 30 microM.
(5) Even the most popular Shia cleric, Sayyed Mohammed Fadlallah , a man who has deeply affected the thinking of key Hezbollah leaders and cadres since the party's inception, now says in no uncertain terms that Shias and the country as a whole want to see, and should see, a strong Lebanese army as the nation's sole protector; and that the perpetually unstable confessional system must be ended as soon as possible.
(6) In order to more effectively separate the walls, a protector was applied consisting of a soft polyethylene tube, whose ends were fastened to the cervix uteri and remained there for 3-4 weeks.
(7) Thanksgiving this year should be a worldwide celebration to honor the water protectors and recognize the spiritual battle that has sustained us since the arrival of Columbus,” said Cheryl Angel, a Sicangu Lakota.
(8) By 1894, Uganda was a British protectorate and stayed that way for nearly 70 years.
(9) Rachel forgave them and then set up a "protectorate" for them where she lived until she died in 1994.
(10) Binaural detection thresholds in quiet were measured with and without the protectors worn at the initial insertion and after a period of one to one and one-half hours during which lunch was eaten.
(11) Since cyclic AMP levels were unchangd in the spleen or gut by administration of cysteamine and other protectors it is unlikely that the increase in preotection was due to changes in cyclic AMP levles.
(12) She is Odysseus's protector in the Odyssey, on hand to provide magical disguises or pep-talks.
(13) The amounts of Fon acquired by the enamel surface (one application) rank as APF gel approximately Duraphat much less than Fluor Protector.
(14) We report here that the five published leader RNA sequences contain an additional potential region of secondary structure, which we call the "protector."
(15) The mixture of chemical protectors failed to show modification of long-term radiation effects with regard to either life span or tumor incidence.
(16) In practical use, the patient can breathe more comfortably with the protectors in place (Fig.
(17) We cannot afford to let them treat us like properties of the state,” said Ollie, a 24-year-old water protector whose partner, Michael Markus, known as Rattler, was recently taken into custody by federal officers.
(18) This paper reviews various methods that have been used to measure and rate the performance characteristics of hearing protectors.
(19) An ACBPS spokesman said: “No evidence presented to the review indicated officers on the ACV Ocean Protector knew the correct location of archipelagic baselines.
(20) In contrast to 2'-deosyxycytidine molecular solution, which reduced all toxic manifestations and protected animals from death, the corpuscular form of the protector only the toxic effect of the antimetabolite on the intestine without affecting other toxic manifestations, the inhibition of hemopoiesis in particular.
Tormentor
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures.
(n.) An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels.
Example Sentences:
(1) I have reflected on everything that happened to me and my family and I have forgiven my tormentors.
(2) Cruz’s angry response, though, succeeded in uniting the contestants against their tormentors and blunted hopes of revealing much about their economic platforms.
(3) Barcelona’s tormentor-in-chief put his penalty to Cech’s right and, although Wenger insisted he will play his strongest team in the return leg, that moment makes it feel like a foregone conclusion.
(4) Long continued harassing Lovren for the remainder of the half, the Croat eventually earning a yellow card for chopping down his tormentor.
(5) The family member was one of five men executed by Isis in the terror group’s latest propaganda video, shot in the head as they submitted to their tormentors while a new English-speaking frontman made menacing threats to Britain.
(6) Albums include Viva Hate, Vauxhall And I, and Ringleader Of The Tormentors.
(7) In the face of hatred, they prayed for their tormentors.
(8) Our Swedish tormentor is introducing vegetarian meatballs at its in-store restaurants, in what it says is the first step in a bid to bring “healthier food” to its menus.
(9) Over more than 50 years, from a post-Cambridge traineeship with the Associated-Rediffusion ITV franchise to a role with al-Jazeera, Frost was the interviewer of eight UK prime ministers and seven US presidents, a pioneer of TV satire and comedy, the tormentor-confessor of Richard Nixon, a TV entrepreneur and early innovator of self-production, a master of the chatshow sofa and a long-running gameshow host.
(10) If there was a consolation for Mr Major, as he faced up to the prospect of being the worst Tory loser since Arthur Balfour also dithered in 1906, it was that his Euro-sceptic tormentors were among the night's biggest losers.
(11) And would he be willing to offer short courses to fellow celebrities in how to slap down one’s tabloid tormentors without inadvertently cultivating an air of “poor ickle me” or allowing some of the dirt to splash back onto one’s own shoes and trousers?
(12) He said he was too scared to shower because of constant threats, and had asked to be moved to a new compound away from his tormentors, but is still waiting to be transferred.
(13) Instead, Netimah, one of hundreds jailed by Buhari during his rule as an iron-fisted dictator, was thrilled for her former tormentor.
(14) How his tabloid tormentors will punish him for this if they can.
(15) Marouane Fellaini played chief tormentor as France suffered a 4-3 home defeat in a friendly against Belgium , one year before the European Championship kicks off on their turf.
(16) And he has chosen as targets the hard-to-protect civilian heartlands of his tormentors and their pro-western allies.
(17) Marty has an apple-cheeked girlfriend (Claudia Wells), is a boyishly good-looking dude, but he comes from duff stock: mum Lorraine (Lea Thompson) is an alcoholic and dad George (Crispin Glover) is a weed, perpetually bullied by his former high-school tormentor, now boss, Biff (Thomas Wilson).
(18) In fact, being drawn so narrowly from the category Occasion Wear, the costumes and photographs could scarcely have been better chosen to overlay memories of the surge of royal-blaming that Diana’s death inspired in 1997 – of her own reinvention as a global charity envoy and amateur healer, of her appointment as feminist heroine as well as tabloid goddess and, above all, of her magnificent achievements as the royal family’s incorrigible, lead tormentor.
(19) However terrifying women's advocates find the quashing of sentences for Sahar Gul's tormentors, the legal changes that some MPs are hoping to bring to the country's criminal prosecution code, now travelling through parliament, would have stopped the case even reaching court.
(20) His qualities have been acknowledged by his tormentors and I’m certain he won’t disappoint when he’s ready to tell his side of the story.