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praetor
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As a noun, praetor means the title designating a Roman administrative official whose role changed over time:.
Meanings of praetor
5 meaningsnoun
historyThe title designating a Roman administrative official whose role changed over time:
originallyA consul in command of the army.
after 366 bcAn annually-elected curule magistrate, subordinate to the consuls in provincial administration, and who performed some of their duties; numbering initially only one, later two (either of the praetor urbānus ("urban praetor") or the praetor peregrīnus ("peregrine praetor")), and eventually eighteen.
A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor. Sometimes used as a title.
Older and rare meanings (1)
historicalThe title of the chief magistrate, the mayor, and/or the podestà in Palermo, in Verona, and in various other parts of 17th- and 18th-century Italy.
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