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praetors

praetors is the plural of praetor.

Meaning of praetor

Noun

praetor (plural praetors or praetores)

  1. (originally) A consul in command of the army.
  2. An annually-elected curule magistrate, subordinate to the consuls in provincial administration, and who performed some of their duties; numbering initially only one, later two (either of the praetor urbānus (“urban praetor”) or the praetor peregrīnus (“peregrine praetor”)), and eventually eighteen.
  3. (broadly) A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor. Sometimes used as a title.
  4. (historical, translating Italian "pretore") The title of the chief magistrate, the mayor, and/or the podestà in Palermo, in Verona, and in various other parts of 17th- and 18th-century Italy.

Questions about praetors

What is praetors the plural of?
Praetors is the plural of praetor.

Words near praetors in the dictionary

  1. praetorian
  2. praetorianism
  3. praetorians
  4. praetorium
  5. praetornal
  6. praetors
  7. praetorship
  8. praetorships
  9. Praetutii
  10. praevia
  11. praevocalic

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