different between protector vs watchdog

English

Alternative forms

• protectour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English protectour, from Anglo-Norman protectour, protector, from Latin pr?tector, from pr?teg? (“shield, protect”). Displaced native Old English ?es?ildend.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: pr?-t?k't?r, IPA^(key): /p???t?kt?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???t?kt?/
• Rhymes: -?kt?(?)
• Hyphenation: pro?tec?tor

Noun

protector (plural protectors, feminine protectress or protectrix)

1. Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
   • 2005 January 3, Jon Huntsman Jr., quoted in “Highlights from Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.'s inauguration speech”, Deseret News, 4 January 2005:

     I stand before you in the spirit of pure public service — not as a protector of the status quo, but as an agent of change.

2. A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.
3. One who prevents interference. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law.
5. (Britain, historical) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
6. (Roman Catholicism) 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.

Synonyms

• guard
• sentry

Related terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pr?t?ctor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /p?o.t?k?to/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p?u.t?k?to/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /p?o.tek?to?/

Adjective

protector (feminine protectora, masculine plural protectors, feminine plural protectores)

1. protective (serving to protect)

Noun

protector m (plural protectors, feminine protectora)

1. protector (someone who protects or guards)

protector m (plural protectors)

1. protector (a device or mechanism which is designed to protect)

Related terms

• protecció
• protegir

Further reading

• “protector” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “protector” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “protector” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “protector” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin pr?tector, from pr?teg? (“to shield, protect”).

Pronunciation

Noun

protector m (plural protectoren, diminutive protectortje n)

1. A protector, guardian, regent etc.
2. (rare) Title of certain orphanage governors

Synonyms

• behoeder m
• beschermer m
• beschermheer m
• protecteur m (close French cognate)

Derived terms

• lord-protector m
• protectorschap n

Related terms

• protectie
• protectoraat n

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pro??te?k.tor/, [p?o??t?e?kt??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro?tek.tor/, [p???t??kt??r]

Noun

pr?t?ctor m (genitive pr?t?ct?ris); third declension

1. protector (all senses)
2. guardian; guard

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• protector in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• protector in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• protector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Noun

protector m (plural protectores, feminine protectora, feminine plural protectoras)

1. Superseded spelling of protetor. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

Adjective

protector m (feminine singular protectora, masculine plural protectores, feminine plural protectoras, comparable)

1. Superseded spelling of protetor. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pr?t?ctor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ote??to?/, [p?o.t?e???t?o?]

Adjective

protector (feminine protectora or protectriz, masculine plural protectores, feminine plural protectoras or protectrices)

1. protective

Derived terms

• ángel protector
• cinta adhesiva protectora

Noun

protector m (plural protectores, feminine protectora or protectriz, feminine plural protectoras or protectrices)

1. protector (someone who protects or guards)

Noun

protector m (plural protectores)

1. protector (a device or mechanism which is designed to protect)

Related terms

Further reading

• “protector” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

watch +? dog

Noun

watchdog (plural watchdogs)

1. a guard dog
2. An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual, corporation, non-profit group, or governmental organization) on behalf of the public to ensure that entity does not behave illegally or unethically.

Derived terms

• watchdog timer

Translations

Verb

watchdog (third-person singular simple present watchdogs, present participle watchdogging, simple past and past participle watchdogged)

1. To perform a function analogous to that of a watchdog; to guard and warn.
2. (electronics) To be continuously reset by a watchdog timer.

Translations

Anagrams

• dog watch, dogwatch