praetorian

Speech parts

1. praetorian - Noun

2. praetorian - Adjective

3. praetorian - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

See Pretorian.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pretorian pretorial Praetorian Guard praetorial royal imperial praetor base judge justice crooked rotten bourbon abandoned evil
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Antonyms

liberal noble incorruptible lefty proper moral
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Hypernyms

escort bodyguard

Phrases with the word

praetorian infantry praetorian cavalry praetorian cohort

Anagrams

reparation

Examples

Rome... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the Praetorian Guard ruled. Gore Vidal

praetorial powers Source: Internet

a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble Source: Internet

Amidst growing opposition, Elagabalus, just 18 years old, was assassinated and replaced by his cousin Severus Alexander on 11 March 222, in a plot formulated by his grandmother, Julia Maesa, and carried out by disaffected members of the Praetorian Guard. Source: Internet

At the end of June, a mob demonstrated against Cleander during a horse race in the Circus Maximus : he sent the praetorian guard to put down the disturbances, but Pertinax, who was now City Prefect of Rome, dispatched the Vigiles Urbani to oppose them. Source: Internet

Following Nero's death, Nymphidius Sabinus sought to seize power prior to the arrival of Galba, but he could not win the loyalty of the Praetorian guard and was killed. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

praetexta praetor praetorial praetorian cavalry praetorian cohort Praetorian Guard