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praetorian

Adjective, Noun

Prae=to=ri=an

WORDNET DICTIONARY

praetorian(n = noun.person) praetorian guard - a member of the Praetorian Guard;

is a member of praetorian guard

is a kind of bodyguard, escort

praetorian(a = adj.pert) praetorial, pretorial, pretorian - of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers"

Derived form noun praetor₁

praetorian(s = adj.all) pretorian - 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"

praetorian, adj. & n. (US pretorian) Rom.Hist.
--adj. of or having the powers of a praetor.
--n. a man of praetorian rank.

Idiom

praetorian guard the bodyguard of the Roman emperor.

Etymology

ME f. L praetorianus (as PRAETOR)