Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron. 2. (n.) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent. 3. (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.

Multi-Version Concordance Protector (2 Occurrences) 1 Peter 2:25 For you were straying like lost sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Protector of your souls. (WEY) Psalms 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. (See RSV)