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pretor |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pretor \Pre"tor\, n. [L. praetor, for praeitor, fr praeire to go before prae before + ire to go See {Issue}.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans. Note: Originally the pretor was a kind of third consul; but at an early period two pretors were appointed, the first of whom (praetor urbanus) was a kind of mayor or city judge; the other (praetor peregrinus) was a judge of cases in which one or both of the parties were foreigners. Still later the number of pretors, or judges, was further increased. 2. Hence a mayor or magistrate. [R.] --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pretor n : an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic [syn: {praetor}]
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