What does praetorian guard mean?

praetorian guard means "a member of the Praetorian Guard". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for praetorian guard?

Close synonyms include Praetorian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is praetorian guard a common word?

praetorian guard is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

praetorian guard — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

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2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a member of the Praetorian Guard
SynonymsPraetorian
Broaderbodyguard
Part ofPraetorian Guard
2.
the elite bodyguard of a Roman Emperor in ancient Rome
Broaderbodyguard

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