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Meaning of praetorian

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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