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Pretorian
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| pretorian | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers" [syn: praetorian] |
| 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"- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr. [syn: Praetorian] |
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