PRAETORIAN


Meaning of PRAETORIAN in English

adj. & n. (US pretorian) Rom.Hist.

adj. of or having the powers of a praetor.

n. a man of praetorian rank. praetorian guard the bodyguard of the Roman emperor.

[ ME f. L praetorianus (as PRAETOR) ]

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