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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 prae·to·ri·an /priˈtoriən, ˈtɔr-/
 (a.)執政官的;禁衛軍的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Præ·to·ri·an a. See Pretorian.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 praetorian
      adj 1: of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers" [syn:
              praetorial, pretorian, pretorial]
      2: characteristic of Praetorian soldiers in respect to
         corruption or political venality; "a large praetorian
         bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic
         people makes work and makes trouble"- Arthur M.Schlesinger
         Jr. [syn: pretorian]