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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pretorian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables
pre-to-ri-an
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of praetorian.

noun

Alternative spelling of praetorian.

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to Pretoria, South Africa.

adj

Alternative spelling of Praetorian.

noun

A person from Pretoria.

noun

Alternative spelling of Praetorian.

Etymology

From Pretoria + -an.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more pretorian (comparative) most pretorian (superlative) pretorians (plural)

Synonyms

praetorian praetorial pretorial

Questions

What does pretorian mean?
Alternative spelling of praetorian.
Where does pretorian come from?
From Pretoria + -an.

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