pretorian - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'pretorian' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pretorian

[ a.]

- Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority.

2 . Pretorian

[ n.]

- A soldier of the pretorian guard.

1 . pretorian

[ a]

Meaning (1):
- of or relating to a Roman praetor

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2 . pretorian

[ s]

Meaning (2):
- characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality

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a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble

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