pretorian

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

2. n. A soldier of the pretorian guard. Source: opted

3. adj. characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality Source: wordnet

4. adj. of or relating to a Roman praetor Source: wordnet

5. Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority. Pretorian bands or guards, or Pretorians (Rom. Hist.), the emperor's bodyguards, instituted by the Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of 1,000 men each. -- Pretorian gate (Rom. Antiq.), that one of the four gates in a camp which lay next the enemy. Brande & C. A soldier of the pretorian guard. Source: webster

6. Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercisedby, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority.Pretorian bands or guards, or Pretorians (Rom. Hist.), the emperor'sbodyguards, instituted by the Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of1,000 men each.-- Pretorian gate (Rom. Antiq.), that one of the four gates in acamp which lay next the enemy. Brande & C. Source: adambom

7. a of or relating to a Roman praetor s characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality Source: ecdict

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