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Pretorian [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Belonging to a pretor or judge; judicial; exercised by the pretor; as pretorian power or authority.

2. Pretorian bands or guards, in Roman history, were the emperor's guards. Their number was ultimately increased to ten thousand men.

Pretorian [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority.

Pretorian [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A soldier of the pretorian guard.