From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Praetorian \Pr[ae]*to"ri*an\, adjective See {Pretorian}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers" [syn: {praetorial}, {pretorian}, {pretorial}]
2: characteristic of Praetorian soldiers in 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: {pretorian}]
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