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prætorian

prætorian is the alternative spelling of praetorian.

Meaning of praetorian

Adjective

praetorian (not comparable)

  1. (Ancient-Rome) Of or pertaining to a praetor.
  2. (Ancient-Rome) Of or pertaining to the pretorium in an ancient Roman camp.
    • The praetorian gate was directly in front of the general's tent, and nearest to the enemy.
  3. (Ancient-Rome) Of or pertaining to the special bodyguard force used by Roman emperors.
    • praetorian guard
  4. (broadly) Corruptly mercenary and venal.

See all 7 meanings of praetorian

Adjective capitalized: Prætorian

Prætorian (comparative more Prætorian, superlative most Prætorian)

  1. (archaic) Archaic spelling of Praetorian.

Noun capitalized: Prætorian

Prætorian (plural Prætorians)

  1. (archaic) Archaic spelling of Praetorian.

Forms of prætorian

Adjective
comparativemore prætorian
superlativemost prætorian
comparativemore Prætorian
superlativemost Prætorian
Noun
pluralprætorians
pluralPrætorians

Questions about prætorian

What is prætorian the alternative spelling of?
Prætorian is the alternative spelling of praetorian.
What part of speech is prætorian?
Prætorian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near prætorian in the dictionary

  1. præternatural
  2. prætexta
  3. prætor
  4. prætores
  5. prætoria
  6. prætorian
  7. prætorium
  8. prætors
  9. prævail
  10. prævaile
  11. prævailed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prætorian (page history and authors); Prætorian (page history and authors); praetorian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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