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PRETORIAN

\pɹɪtˈɔːɹi͡ən], \pɹɪtˈɔːɹi‍ən], \p_ɹ_ɪ_t_ˈɔː_ɹ_iə_n]\

Definitions of PRETORIAN

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority.
A soldier of the pretorian guard.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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Pertaining to a pretor; judicial; exercised by a pretor. Pretorian bands or guards, the Roman emperor's guards. Pretorian gate, the gate of a Roman camp directly opposite the enemy.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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