praetorian
/pɹɪˈtɔːɹiən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to a praetor.
adj
Of or pertaining to the pretorium in an ancient Roman camp.
Example Sentences
- "The praetorian gate was directly in front of the general's tent, and nearest to the enemy."
- "praetorian guard"
- "Hey, sir? Sir, excuse me?” The blonde was calling out to him, in imperious tones that insisted on a reply. Her satraps became watchful, like a Praetorian guard."
- "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."
- "Durry's work is still cited as the definitive study of the praetorians, and in fact most modern scholarship on the praetorians is based on material from his work."
- "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 scandal.”"
Etymology
From Middle English pretorian, from Latin praetōriānus.
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Phrases
praetorian band
praetorian guard: the bodyguard of the emperor in Ancient Rome