praetorian
Kelime Anlamı :

1. İmparatorun özel muhafızlarına özgü.
2. Praetorian Guard: Eski Roma'da imparatorun muhafız kıtası; iktidarda bulunanların koruyucuları.
3. İmparatorun muhafızlarından biri.
4. sahtekar.
5. hileli.
Tanımlar :
1. of or relating to a praetor or the praetorship.
2. of or belonging to the praetorian guard.
3. venal; corruptible: "A large praetorian bureaucracy, filled with ambitious, possessive . . . and often sycophantic people, makes work and makes trouble” ( Arthur M. schlesinger, jr.)
4. A praetor or ex-praetor.
5. A member of the praetorian guard.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. of or pertaining to a praetor
2. corruptly mercenary and venal
3. A praetor
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. see pretorian.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the praetorian guard with respect to corruption or political venality
2. a member of the praetorian guard
3. of or relating to a roman praetor
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.