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Pretorian

adjective
1.
Of or relating to a Roman praetor.  Synonyms: praetorial, praetorian, pretorial.
2.
Characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality.  Synonym: Praetorian.





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... respected and much reviled predikant a Pretorian high official said: "We were determined to let it drift to a rupture with England, for then our dream would be realised of a Republic reaching to Table Mountain"; but surely such a song and such a scene in the State's Model School was a thing ...
— With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back • Edward P. Lowry


Words linked to "Pretorian" :   corrupt, praetor, pretor


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