praetor

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noun

Plural noun:

praetorspraetores

1.
(history) The title designating a Roman administrative official whose role changed over time:
2.
(broadly)(by extension) A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor. Sometimes used as a title.
3.
(historical)(historical, translating Italian "pretore") The title of the chief magistrate, the mayor, and/or the podestà in Palermo, in Verona, and in various other parts of 17th- and 18th-century Italy.

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provostRoman office provost obs.

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lieutenant-praetorperegrine praetorpraetoralpraetoricalpraetorshipurban praetorPraetorian Guard

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From Middle English pretour, pretor, from the pretour, pretore, the Middle French preteur (from the pretor; compare the Modern préteur), and their etymon, the Classical Latin praetor (leader”, “commander”, “magistrate); the praetor being contracted from *praeitor (one who goes before), from praeeō (to go before), from prae (before) + eō (to go); compare the pretore, the pretor, and the pretor.