praetor
pree ter
- n an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
- The praetor handed the woman his sword and asked her to sheathe it while he moved the scabbard.
- The cloture vote came hard to Senators fond of tracing the history of the legislative filibuster back to ancient Rome, where an eloquent praetor named Julius Caesar tried .
- During the next 20 years, Caesar climbed nimbly up the Roman ladder of state officesquaestor, aedile, praetor, consul.