| a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor;
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| n. | 1. | A soldier of the pretorian guard. | ||||||
| Adj. | 1. | pretorian - of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers" |
| 2. | pretorian - characteristic of Praetorian soldiers in 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. Synonyms: praetorian |
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