the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor.
n. A soldier of the pretorian guard.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of or pertaining to a pretor; exercised by a pretor; judicial: as, pretorian authority; also, of or pertaining to a pretorium.
Of or belonging to the bodyguard of a Roman emperor.
n. A soldier of the pretorian guard.
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adj. characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality
adj. of or relating to a Roman praetor
Word Usage
"The military roads were under the pretors, and were called pretorian roads; and the public roads for travel and commercial traffic were under the consuls, and were called consular roads."