Lewis Short
prÅtector (noun M) : id..
* In gen., a coverer; trop., a protector (post-class.): legum protectores,Tert. Apol. 6; Vulg. Psa. 17, 3.
* In partic., one of the lifeguard or body - guard (post - class.): inter protectores suos,Spart. Carac. 7; Amm. 14, 7, 9; Cod. Th. 6, 24; Inscr. Grut. 1028, 2 al.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary