"Praetorian" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Praetorians [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Praetorian (plural Praetorians)
  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) A member of a special bodyguard force used by Roman emperors, their symbol being the scorpion. Wikipedia link: Praetorian Guard Tags: Ancient-Rome, historical Categories (topical): Ancient Rome, People Categories (place): Roman Empire Synonyms: praetorian, pretorian, Pretorian, prætorian, Prætorian [obsolete] Translations (member of that force): pretoriano (Esperanto), pretorano (Esperanto), pretoriaani (Finnish), prétorien [masculine] (French), Prätorianer [masculine] (German), pretorianin [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-Praetorian-en-noun-1ny1RJsy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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