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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a member of the Praetorian Guard;
[syn: Praetorian Guard, Praetorian]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to a Roman praetor;
- Example: "praetorial powers"
[syn: praetorian, praetorial, pretorian, pretorial]

2. characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality;
- Example: "a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble"- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr.
[syn: Praetorian, Pretorian]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Praetorian \Pr[ae]*to"ri*an\, a.
   See Pretorian.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

praetorian
    adj 1: of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers"
           [syn: praetorian, praetorial, pretorian,
           pretorial]
    2: characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in
       the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political
       venality; "a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with
       ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes
       trouble"- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr. [syn: Praetorian,
       Pretorian]
    n 1: a member of the Praetorian Guard [syn: Praetorian Guard,
         Praetorian]