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praetorian


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Praetorian  \Pr[ae]*to"ri*an\,  a. 
  See  {Pretorian}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  praetorian 
  adj  1:  of  or  relating  to  a  Roman  praetor;  "praetorial  powers"  [syn: 
  {praetorial},  {pretorian},  {pretorial}] 
  2:  characteristic  of  Praetorian  soldiers  in  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  [syn:  {pretorian}] 




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