| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| praetor |
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| SYLLABICATION: | prae·tor |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pr  t r |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also pre·tor |
| NOUN: | An annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic, ranking below but having approximately the same functions as a consul. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English pretor, from Old French, from Latin praetor, perhaps from prae re, to go before : prae-, pre- + re, to go; see ei- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | prae·tori·al (pr-tôr-l, -t r-) —ADJECTIVE
praetor·ship —NOUN
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