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praetorians

praetorians is the plural of praetorian.

Meaning of praetorian

Noun

praetorian (plural praetorians)

  1. (Ancient-Rome) A praetor; a person of praetorian rank.
    • I am so rich, I could have given bid for bid with the wealthiest Prætorians at the auction of the Roman empire (which was the world’s); and yet I owe for the flesh in the tongue I brag with.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 108, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
  2. (broadly) A venal mercenary.
    • The Trump praetorians who initially denied there was any effort to pressure the Ukrainians into action on a Biden probe, possibly including the withholding of congressionally approved military aid, suddenly surfaced a new talking point: “They’re trying to turn what was a Biden scandal into a Trump...2019 September 23, Jonah Goldberg, “Column: The most noxious part of Ukraine-Biden whistleblower affair is Team Trump thinks we’re all idiots”, in Los Angeles Times

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Noun capitalized: Praetorians

Praetorians

  1. (plural) plural of Praetorian

Questions about praetorians

What is praetorians the plural of?
Praetorians is the plural of praetorian.
What part of speech is praetorians?
Praetorians is a noun.

Words near praetorians in the dictionary

  1. praetores
  2. praetoria
  3. praetorial
  4. praetorian
  5. praetorianism
  6. praetorians
  7. praetorium
  8. praetornal
  9. praetors
  10. praetorship
  11. praetorships

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