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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
praetorian
    adj 1: of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers"
           [syn: praetorian, praetorial, pretorian,
           pretorial]
    2: characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in
       the Praetorian Guard with 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: Praetorian,
       Pretorian]
    n 1: a member of the Praetorian Guard [syn: Praetorian Guard,
         Praetorian]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Praetorian \Pr[ae]*to"ri*an\, a.
   See Pretorian.
   [1913 Webster]
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