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pretorian

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

pre=to=ri=an

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective pretorian has 2 senses

pretorian(a = adj.pert) praetorial, praetorian, pretorial - of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers"

Derived forms noun praetor₁, noun pretor₁

pretorian(s = adj.all) praetorian - characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality; "a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pretorian, a. [L. praetorians: cf. F. prétorien.].

Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority. [1913 Webster]

Pretorian bands or Pretorian guards, or Pretorians (Rom. Hist.), the emperor's bodyguards, instituted by the Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of 1,000 men each. -- Pretorian gate (Rom. Antiq.), that one of the four gates in a camp which lay next the enemy. Brande & C.

pretorian, n.

A soldier of the pretorian guard. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pretorian, US var. of PRAETORIAN.

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