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PRETORIAN
Praetorian, Pretorian
(adjective) 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”- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr.
praetorian, praetorial, pretorian, pretorial
(adjective) of or relating to a Roman praetor; “praetorial powers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
Pretorian (comparative more Pretorian, superlative most Pretorian)
Alternative spelling of Praetorian
Noun
Pretorian (plural Pretorians)
Alternative spelling of Praetorian
Anagrams
• arreption, intrapore, portainer
Adjective
pretorian (comparative more pretorian, superlative most pretorian)
Alternative spelling of praetorian
Noun
pretorian (plural pretorians)
Alternative spelling of praetorian
Anagrams
• arreption, intrapore, portainer
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*to"ri*an, a. Etym: [L. praetorians: cf. F. prétorien.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority. Pretorian bands or 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.
Pre*to"ri*an, n.
Definition: A soldier of the pretorian guard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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