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'''Protector''' means a person or thing that protects, and may refer to:
* [[Protector (title)]], a title or part of various historical titles of heads of state and others in authority, especially:
** [[Lord Protector]], two high positions in the history of the British political system
'''Protector''' may also refer to:
In '''books and comics''':
* [[Protector (novel)|''Protector'' (novel)]], a 1973 science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven
**[[Pak Protector]], a form of alien life in this and other novels by Niven
* [[Protector (comics)]], a superhero briefly a member of the New Teen Titans
* [[Protector (Marvel Comics)]], a character in the Marvel Universe
* [[The Protector (novel)|''The Protector'' (novel)]], a 2003 novel by [[David Morrell]]
In '''film''':
* [[The Protector (1985 film)|''The Protector'' (1985 film)]], a Hong Kong action film starring Jackie Chan
* ''[[Tom-Yum-Goong]]'' (US title: ''The Protector''), a 2005 Thai martial arts film
In '''music''':
* ''[[Protector (band)]]'' a thrash metal band from [[Wolfsburg]]
* ''Protector'', a member of the black metal band [[Summoning (band)|Summoning]]
In '''gaming''':
* [[Protector (arcade game)|''Protector'' (arcade game)]], a prototype-only arcade video game by Gottlieb
* [[Protector (Atari game)|''Protector'' (Atari game)]], a 1999 video game for the Atari Jaguar by [[Songbird Productions]]
* [[Protector (Vectrex game)|''Protector'' (Vectrex game)]], a 2003 video game for the [[Vectrex]]
In '''military''':
* [[Protector USV]], an Israeli unmanned surface vehicle
* [[Protector M151]], a remotely controlled weapons station
* [[Protector (submarine)|''Protector'' (submarine)]], a 1901 submarine built by American naval engineer [[Simon Lake]]
* [[HMAS Protector|HMAS ''Protector'']], two different ships operated by the Royal Australian Navy
In '''other uses''':
* [[Protector (trust)]], in trust law, a third party who monitors and controls the trustees
* [[Protector (role variant)]], in personality testing, a role variant in the Keirsey Temperament Sorter
==See also==
*[[Defender (disambiguation)]]
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