HyperDic: pretorian

English > 2 senses of the word pretorian / Pretorian:
ADJECTIVEpertpretorian, praetorian, praetorial, pretorialof or relating to a Roman praetor
allPretorian, Praetoriancharacteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality
English > pretorian: 2 senses > adjective 1, pert
MeaningOf or relating to a Roman praetor.
Synonymspraetorian, praetorial, pretorial
Spanishpretorial, pretoriano
Nounspraetor, pretoran annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
English > Pretorian: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaningcharacteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality.
SynonymPraetorian
Broadercorruptlacking in integrity

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