[pri-tawr-ee-uh
s, -tohr-; Du. prey-toh-ree-oos] 
| An⋅dries Wil⋅hel⋅mus Ja⋅co⋅bus [ahn-drees vil-hel-moos yah-kaw-boos] , 1799–1853, and his son Mar⋅thi⋅nus Wes⋅sels [mahr-tee-noos ves-uhls] , 1819–1901, Boer soldiers and statesmen in South Africa. |
| Pre·to·ri·us (prĭ-tôr'ē-əs, -tōr'-) Afrikaner soldier and politician who led the defeat of the Zulus (1838) and negotiated the independence of the Transvaal (1852). His son Marthinus Wessels Pretorius (1819-1901) founded Pretoria (1855) and was president of the Transvaal (1857-1877) as well as the Orange Free State (1859-1863). |