Hypertext Webster Gateway: "propraetor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Propretor \Pro*pre"tor\, n. [L. propraetor; pro for, before +
praetor a pretor.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed
to the government of a province. [Written also
{propr[ae]tor}.]
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