Thesaurus: pretor

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1. n. A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans.
2. n. Hence, a mayor or magistrate.
3. n. an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
4. 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans. Note: Originally the pretor was a kind of third consul; but at an early period two pretors were appointed, the first of whom (praetor urbanus) was a kind of mayor or city judge; the other (praetor peregrinus) was a judge of cases in which one or both of the parties were foreigners. Still later, the number of pretors, or judges, was further increased. 2. Hence, a mayor or magistrate. [R.] Dryden.
5. n an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic