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Webster 1913 Edition
Pretor
Pre′tor
,Noun.
1.
(Rom. Antiq.)
A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans.
☞ Originally the pretor was a kind of third consul; but at an early period two pretors were appointed, the first of whom (praetor urbanus) was a kind of mayor or city judge; the other (praetor peregrinus) was a judge of cases in which one or both of the parties were foreigners. Still later, the number of pretors, or judges, was further increased.
2.
Hence, a mayor or magistrate.
[R.]
Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pretor
PRE'TOR
,Noun.
Among the ancient Romans, a judge; an officer answering to the modern chief justice or chancellor, or to both. In later times, subordinate judges appointed to distribute justice in the provinces, were created and called pretors or provincial pretors. These assisted the consuls in the government of the provinces.
In modern times, the word is sometimes used for a mayor or magistrate.
Definition 2024
pretor
pretor
English
Noun
pretor (plural pretors or pretores)
- [15th–17th CC., 20th C.–present] Alternative spelling of praetor
Anagrams
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprɛtɔr/
Noun
pretor m pers
Declension
declension of pretor
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pretor | pretorzy |
| genitive | pretora | pretorów |
| dative | pretorowi | pretorom |
| accusative | pretora | pretorów |
| instrumental | pretorem | pretorami |
| locative | pretorze | pretorach |
| vocative | pretorze | pretorzy |