Hypertext Webster Gateway: "praetorian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Praetorian \Pr[ae]*to"ri*an\, a.
See {Pretorian}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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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