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WordNet (3.0)
praetorian(adj) of or relating to a Roman praetor, Syn. praetorial, pretorian, pretorial
praetorian(adj) characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality; - Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr., Syn. Pretorian

Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pretorian

n. A soldier of the pretorian guard. [ 1913 Webster ]


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