"Pretorian" meaning in All languages combined

See Pretorian on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more Pretorian [comparative], most Pretorian [superlative]
Etymology: From Pretoria + -an. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|Pretoria|-an}} Pretoria + -an Head templates: {{en-adj}} Pretorian (comparative more Pretorian, superlative most Pretorian)
  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Pretoria, South Africa.
    Sense id: en-Pretorian-en-adj-8EY8BE37 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -an, South Africa Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 11 39 12 39 Disambiguation of South Africa: 99 0 1 0
  2. Alternative spelling of Praetorian. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Praetorian
    Sense id: en-Pretorian-en-adj-zMQ5053J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -an, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Demonyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 43 9 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 11 39 12 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 43 5 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 45 4 45 Disambiguation of Demonyms: 0 49 2 49

Noun [English]

Forms: Pretorians [plural]
Etymology: From Pretoria + -an. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|Pretoria|-an}} Pretoria + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} Pretorian (plural Pretorians)
  1. A person from Pretoria.
    Sense id: en-Pretorian-en-noun-ounLI6CG Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -an Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 11 39 12 39
  2. Alternative spelling of Praetorian. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Praetorian
    Sense id: en-Pretorian-en-noun-zMQ5053J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -an, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Demonyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 43 9 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 11 39 12 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 43 5 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 45 4 45 Disambiguation of Demonyms: 0 49 2 49

Inflected forms

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