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Adjective: pretorian  pree'to-ree-un
Usage: US (elsewhere: praetorian)
  1. Of or relating to a Roman praetor
    "The pretorian guard held significant power in ancient Rome";
    - praetorian, praetorial, pretorial [US]
Adjective: Pretorian
  1. Characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality
    "a large Pretorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious … and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble";
    - Praetorian
Noun: Pretorian
  1. A native or inhabitant of Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa
    "As a Pretorian, she knew all the best spots in the city"

Derived forms: Pretorians

See also: corrupt

Encyclopedia: Pretorian