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• a  of or relating to a Roman praetor
• s  characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality

• The Cuban army was a pretorian guard in the service of a dictator.
• Back of the banqueting hall stood Stalin's pretorian guard of young Georgians, recruited in the mountains and obedient to his slightest wish.

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