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单词 pretorian
释义
pretorian
(once / 57099 pages)
adj

WORD FAMILY
pretor: pretorian, pretors
USAGE EXAMPLES
It was Hadrian also who opened the pretorian guard to provincials from Spain, Noricum and Macedonia.
Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly, A History of Rome to 565 A. D.(2010)
Those shouts marked the inauguration of the pretorian regime.
De Gurowski, Adam G., count, Diary from March 4, 1861, to Novemb...(2010)
Of utmost consequence is it that the body's germ consumer—its pretorian guard—be always armed with vitality ready to vanquish every intruding hostile germ.
Allen, William H., Civics and Health(2010)
adj of or relating to a Roman praetor
Syn
praetorial, praetorian, pretorial
Pretorian
(once / 168848 pages)
adj

WORD FAMILY
Pretorian
USAGE EXAMPLES
The Pretorian band that in the time of Imperial Rome used to dispose of Empires is perfectly re-established.
Stanley, Edward, Before and after Waterloo—Letters...(2010)
The forces surrounding the place were commanded by Schalk-Burger and Louis Botha, who doubtless, with Pretorian dames, were the heroes of the hour.
Creswicke, Louis, South Africa and the Transvaal War,...(2010)
These were the Pretorian Guards of Rome, the Mamelukes of Egypt, the Janissaries of Turkey, and the Strelitz of Russia.
Morris, Charles, Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15)—The...(2010)
adj characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality
Syn
Praetorian
corrupt
lacking in integrity
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