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 pretor
 執政官;長官

 Pre·tor n.
 1. Rom. Antiq. A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans.
 Note: ☞ Originally the pretor was a kind of third consul; but at an early period two pretors were appointed, the first of whom (praetor urbanus) was a kind of mayor or city judge; the other (praetor peregrinus) was a judge of cases in which one or both of the parties were foreigners. Still later, the number of pretors, or judges, was further increased.
 2. Hence, a mayor or magistrate. [R.]
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 pretor
      n : an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
          [syn: praetor]