"praetorian" in the noun sense
1. Praetorian Guard, Praetorian
a member of the Praetorian Guard
"praetorian" in the adjective sense
1. praetorian, praetorial, pretorian, pretorial
of or relating to a Roman praetor
"praetorial powers"
2. Praetorian, Pretorian
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.
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