Associations to the word «Pretorian»
Noun
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Wiktionary
PRETORIAN, adjective. Alternative spelling of praetorian
PRETORIAN, noun. Alternative spelling of praetorian
PRETORIAN, adjective. Alternative spelling of Praetorian
PRETORIAN, noun. Alternative spelling of Praetorian
Dictionary definition
PRETORIAN, adjective. Of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers".
PRETORIAN, adjective. 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..
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.