Usually means: Elite bodyguards of Roman emperors.
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  1. praetorian: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. praetorian: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. praetorian: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. praetorian: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Praetorian, praetorian: Vocabulary.com
  6. Praetorian, praetorian: Wordnik
  7. Praetorian, praetorian: Wiktionary
  8. praetorian: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. praetorian: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. praetorian: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Praetorian, praetorian: Dictionary.com
  12. Praetorian (novel), Praetorian: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Praetorian: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. praetorian: Rhymezone
  15. Praetorian: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. praetorian: Free Dictionary
  17. praetorian: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. praetorian: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. praetorian: Encyclopedia

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  1. praetorian: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Praetorian)

noun:  (historical, Ancient Rome) A member of a special bodyguard force used by Roman emperors, their symbol being the scorpion.
adjective:  (Ancient Rome) Of or pertaining to a praetor.
adjective:  (Ancient Rome) Of or pertaining to the pretorium in an ancient Roman camp.
adjective:  (Ancient Rome) Of or pertaining to the special bodyguard force used by Roman emperors.
adjective:  (by extension) Corruptly mercenary and venal.
noun:  (Ancient Rome) A praetor; a person of praetorian rank.
noun:  (by extension) A venal mercenary.
noun:  (Ancient Rome) Alternative letter-case form of Praetorian (“member of a special bodyguard force used by Roman emperors”). [(historical, Ancient Rome) A member of a special bodyguard force used by Roman emperors, their symbol being the scorpion.]

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