pretorian

1. 1.

   of or relating to a Roman praetor

   “praetorial powers”

   Synonymspraetorianpraetorialpretorial
2. 2.

   characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality

   “a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble”

   SynonymsPraetorian

   Similarcorrupt

Questions about pretorian

What does pretorian mean?

pretorian means "of or relating to a Roman praetor". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pretorian?

pretorian has 4 syllables: pre-to-ri-an. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for pretorian?

Close synonyms include praetorian, praetorial, pretorial, 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 pretorian a common word?

pretorian 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.