protector
Portuguese, noun
protector is spelled P-R-O-T-E-C-T-O-R (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,281st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protector is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of protetor; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide protetor”.
What does protector mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of protetor; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of protetor; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vide protetor
noun: 1. vide protetor
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of protector
- protectores plural
- protectora feminine
- protectoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is protector in Portuguese?
protector appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).