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Definitions:
Noun
Definition: A member of a special bodyguard force used by Roman emperors. The symbol of the Praetorian Guard was the scorpion.
Definition: A praetor
Adjective
praetorian
praetorial
pretorian
pretorial
Definition: of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers"
Praetorian
Pretorian
Definition: 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.
Definition: Of or relating to a praetor.