pretorian

pretorian is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority.
2. noun. A soldier of the pretorian guard.
3. adjective. characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr.

   "a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble"

   Synonyms: praetorian

4. adjective. of or relating to a Roman praetor

   "praetorial powers"

   Synonyms: praetorial, praetorian, pretorial

Synonyms

praetorian, praetorial, pretorial

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pretorian:

arreption

Common word forms

pretorians

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