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pretorial

pretorial is the alternative form 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

Forms of pretorial

comparativemore pretorial
superlativemost pretorial

Questions about pretorial

What is pretorial the alternative form of?
Pretorial is the alternative form of praetorian.

Words near pretorial in the dictionary

  1. pretopological
  2. pretopology
  3. pretor
  4. pretores
  5. Pretoria
  6. pretorial
  7. pretorian
  8. pretorians
  9. pretorium
  10. pretoriums
  11. pretornal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pretorial (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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