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prae·to·ri·an also pre·to·ri·an  audio  (pr-tôr-n, -tr-) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Of or relating to a praetor or the praetorship.
  2. Praetorian Of or belonging to the Praetorian Guard.
  3. Venal; corruptible: "A large praetorian bureaucracy, filled with ambitious, possessive . . . and often sycophantic people, makes work and makes trouble" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).
NOUN:
  1. A praetor or ex-praetor.
  2. Praetorian A member of the Praetorian Guard.



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