Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The elite bodyguard of a Roman emperor, consisting of between 5,000 and 10,000 members.
- noun A member of this bodyguard.
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- noun the elite bodyguard of a Roman Emperor in ancient Rome
- noun a member of the Praetorian Guard
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The troops are being fed a steady diet of right wing propaganda, and we're going to end up with a Praetorian Guard because of it.
Democrats Blast Limbaugh For Saying That Antiwar Troops Are "Phony Soldiers" 2009
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The troops are being fed a steady diet of right wing propaganda, and we're going to end up with a Praetorian Guard because of it.
Democrats Blast Limbaugh For Saying That Antiwar Troops Are "Phony Soldiers" 2009
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They form a Praetorian Guard line of defense armed with tear gas launchers, water cannons and light tanks assigned to protect the institutions of power against a rebellion that might threaten to storm the legislative Chamber of Deputies, Senate or the Palacio Nacional (the National Palace seat of the federal executive in Mexico).
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The President-Elect has a modern day Praetorian Guard protecting him.
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These nine cohorts became the Praetorian Guard - i.e., guard of the praetorium, or headquarters of the commander in chief.
The Cassandra Page 2008
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The best thing about Caligula's reign was that it only lasted four years before the Praetorian Guard finally had enough of his shit: damned sodomist, killed him, and put his uncle Claudius, on the throne.
The Eternal Mercenary Sadler, Barry 1980
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