Reverse Dictionary: PROTECT

ADJECTIVES
► CUSTODIENT that has custody or guardianship of something or someone; esp. protecting, safeguarding → 1646 obs.
► GUARDANT guarding, protecting, watching → 1574
► MUNITE fortified, protected → 1440 obs. rare
► OBTECTED covered, protected → 19C obs.
► TUTELARY pert. to protection or a protector or guardian; protective → 1651
► TUTORIAL  protecting, defensive → 1898
► WELL-FENDED well protected → 1834

NOUNS
► AEGIS a protection, or impregnable defense → 1793
► BENEFICE favourable influence or operation; advantage, favour, protection, benefit → 1424 obs.
► BERGH protection, shelter → c1250 obs.
► BIELDING shelter, protection → 1724 Sc.
► GARRISON defense, protection; deliverance, safety; means of defense → c1320 obs.
► GRITH 1. guaranteed security; protection, defense; safe conduct → 1000 obs.
2. a place of protection; a sanctuary, asylum → 1300 obs.
► IVORY TOWER protection or shelter from the harsh realities of life → 1911
► JUICE protection from police through bribery or other arrangement → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► MUND protection, guardianship → 1000 hist.
► MUNIFICATION protection, defense → 1653 obs.
► MUNIMENT something serving as a defense or protection → 1546 obs.
► PALLADIUM anything on which the safety of a nation, institution, privilege, etc. is believed to depend; a safeguard, protecting institution; means of protection or defense → 1600
► SCONCE protection, shelter → 1871 Sc. obs.
► SCOUK ► SKOOK shade, shadow; shelter, protection, surveillance → 1866 Sc.
► SUBTECTACLE covering, protection → 1609 obs.
► SUCCOUR shelter, protection; a place of shelter; a sheltered place; a refuge → a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► UMBRAGE shelter, protection, screen → 1607 obs.
► UMBRELLA protection from police through bribery or other arrangements → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► VELUM a screen or protection → 1781 obs.
► WARD defense, protection, shelter → 1582 obs.
► WARE watchful care, heed; safe-keeping, defense, protection → c893 obs.
► YEMING care, keeping, protection → c1250 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BEILD ► BIELD one who acts as a guardian or protector → 1768 Sc. 
► BERGHER a protector, deliverer, saviour → a1300 obs.
► FAUTOR a protector, a patron → 1460 obs.
► FAUTRESS a protector, a patron → 1596 obs.
► FAUTRIX a protector, a patron → 1582 obs.
► GUARDANT a guardian, a protector → 1591
► MOTHER HEN a person who takes care of others, esp. in an overprotective manner → 1873
► MUND a protector, a guardian → 1000 hist.
► PRESERVATRICE a female preserver; a protectress → 1559 obs.
► PRESERVATRIX a female preserver; a protectress → 1650 obs.
► RABBI a mentor or protector → 1970 US sl.
► SAFEGUARDER a protector or defender → 1534
► SAFE-KEEPER a protector → 1561
► TAKER-UP one who takes another under his charge or protection; a patron, a guardian, a protector → 1388 obs.
► TUTAGE an object of protection; one’s care or charge → 1606 obs.
► WARD one who is under the protection or control of another → a1435
► WARDEN one who guards, protects, or defends → a1225 obs.
► WARRANT a protector, a defender → a1225 obs.
► WARRANTER one who assures another of safety; a protector → 1611 obs.

VERBS
► BERGH to give shelter; to protect, to preserve; to deliver, to save → a1000 obs.
► BESEE to care for, to protect → a1225 obs.
► BESTRIDE to stand over a fallen man in order to defend him; to defend, to protect, to support → 1580
► BEVAAR to protect, to guard → Bk1898 Sc.
► BIBERGH to protect oneself from; to ward off → c1000 obs.
► BIEL to shelter, to protect; to take shelter → Bk1911 Sc. 
► BIELD to shelter, to protect; also, to take shelter → 1865 Eng. dial.
► BOGART to injure or hurt; to protect at the cost of violence → 1969 African-American high school sl. (Bk.)
► BURGHEN to protect, to save → 1225 obs.
► BURROW to protect, to shelter → 1657 obs.
► CURE to cover; to conceal; to protect → 1400 obs.
► CUSTODITE to protect, to safeguard → 1657 obs.
► CYA to protect yourself from future criticism for actions being taken now; ‘Cover Your Ass’ → 1959 US sl.
► DEBATE to fight for, to defend, to protect → 1500-20 Sc. obs.
► FORFEND to secure, defend, or protect by precautionary measures → 1592 now chiefly Amer.
► GET SOMEONE’S BACK to defend or protect someone → 1990 US sl.
► HAIN to protect, to preserve from harm; to spare trouble or exertion or the like → 1721 Sc.
► HAP to shelter, to shield, to protect → 1773 Sc.
► HAVE SOMEONE’S BACK to defend or protect someone → 1990 US sl.
► HEDGE to protect → 1773 Sc. obs.
► MUNITE to fortify, to strengthen, to protect → 1533 obs.
► SANCTUARY to place in safety as in a sanctuary; of place: to afford protection or shelter from → 1615 obs.
► SCONCE ► SKONCE to shelter, to protect, to screen → 1724 Sc. obs.
► SHUN to protect; to shield → 1936 Amer. dial.
► SUCCOUR to shelter, to protect → 1398 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► THEAK to cover; to clothe; to protect → 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WARD to guard, to stand guard over; to keep in safety, to take care of; to defend, to protect → a1035 arch.
► WARISH to guard, to secure, to protect, to preserve; to save, to rescue → c1350 obs.
► WARN to fortify; to protect, to defend → 1330 obs.
► YEME to take care of, to keep; to have charge of, to have in keeping; to guard, to protect, to preserve from injury → 900 obs.