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praetorian

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As an adjective, praetorian means of or relating to a praetor. As a noun, it means a praetor.

Meanings of praetorian

7 meanings

adjective

  1. ancient romeOf or relating to a praetor.

  2. ancient romeOf or relating to the pretorium in an ancient Roman camp.

    “The praetorian gate was directly in front of the general's tent, and nearest to the enemy.”

  3. Corruptly mercenary and venal.

  4. 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”

    Similar: Pretorian

noun

  1. ancient romeA praetor.

  2. A venal mercenary.

  3. A member of the Praetorian Guardperson

    Similar: Praetorian Guard

Alternative letter-case form of Praetorian

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers …
Pretorian
adjective: of or relating to a Roman praetor
praetorialpretorianpretorial
noun: a member of the Praetorian Guard
Praetorian Guard

Words that rhyme with praetorian

victorianhistoriandorianvaledictoriangregorianhyperboreansalutatorian

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