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Webster 1913 Edition

Pretorian

Pre-to′ri-an

,
Adj.
[L.
praetorians
: cf. F.
prétorien
.]
Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor;
as,
pretorian
power or authority
.
Pretorian bands
or
Pretorian guards
, or
Pretorians
(Rom. Hist.)
,
the emperor’s bodyguards, instituted by the Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of 1,000 men each.
–
Pretorian gate
(Rom. Antiq.)
,
that one of the four gates in a camp which lay next the enemy.
Brande & C.

Pre-to′ri-an

,
Noun.
A soldier of the pretorian guard.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pretorian

PRETO'RIAN

,
Adj.
Belonging to a pretor or judge; judicial; exercised by the pretor; as pretorian power or authority.
Pretorian bands or guards, in Roman history, were the emperor's guards. Their number was ultimately increased to ten thousand men.

Definition 2024

Pretorian

Pretorian

See also: pretorian

English

Adjective

Pretorian ‎(comparative more Pretorian, superlative most Pretorian)

  1. Alternative spelling of Praetorian

Noun

Pretorian ‎(plural Pretorians)

  1. Alternative spelling of Praetorian

pretorian

pretorian

See also: Pretorian

English

Adjective

pretorian ‎(comparative more pretorian, superlative most pretorian)

  1. Alternative spelling of praetorian

Noun

pretorian ‎(plural pretorians)

  1. Alternative spelling of praetorian

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