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  • noun Plural form of Praetorian.

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Examples

  • We had a level of unit cohesion just like in The Centurions and The Praetorians, 1960s novels by Jean Lartéguy about French paratroopers in Indochina and Algeria.

    Man Versus Afghanistan 2010

  • We had a level of unit cohesion just like in The Centurions and The Praetorians, 1960s novels by Jean Lartéguy about French paratroopers in Indochina and Algeria.

    Man Versus Afghanistan 2010

  • We had a level of unit cohesion just like in The Centurions and The Praetorians, 1960s novels by Jean Lartéguy about French paratroopers in Indochina and Algeria.

    Man Versus Afghanistan 2010

  • We had a level of unit cohesion just like in The Centurions and The Praetorians, 1960s novels by Jean Lartéguy about French paratroopers in Indochina and Algeria.

    Man Versus Afghanistan 2010

  • When our government then fails to hold these cowboys and war profiteers accountable -- as it failed to hold accountable the ex-Blackwater employee who shot the bodyguard of the Iraqi vice president and the contractors who gunned down civilians in Nisour Square -- we send the message that these modern-day Praetorians can get away with anything, including murder.

    Derrick Crowe: Tell Congress to Hold Blackwater/Xe Accountable Derrick Crowe 2010

  • When our government then fails to hold these cowboys and war profiteers accountable -- as it failed to hold accountable the ex-Blackwater employee who shot the bodyguard of the Iraqi vice president and the contractors who gunned down civilians in Nisour Square -- we send the message that these modern-day Praetorians can get away with anything, including murder.

    Derrick Crowe: Tell Congress to Hold Blackwater/Xe Accountable Derrick Crowe 2010

  • When our government then fails to hold these cowboys and war profiteers accountable -- as it failed to hold accountable the ex-Blackwater employee who shot the bodyguard of the Iraqi vice president and the contractors who gunned down civilians in Nisour Square -- we send the message that these modern-day Praetorians can get away with anything, including murder.

    Derrick Crowe: Tell Congress to Hold Blackwater/Xe Accountable Derrick Crowe 2010

  • When the signature heroes of Paragon City are transported to Shadow City in this twisted world they encounter their worst nightmare…the Praetorians.

    Image Comics for October 2006 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • It was clear that the military establishment, the Praetorians, who were first utilized by ambitious would-be dictators to gain control of the state, had since become acutely aware of themselves and the power they wielded as an independent entity above civil law and civilian politics.

    Buying Power: The Sale of the Empire 2008

  • The Praetorians at length gave way, oppressed with numbers ...

    Archive 2008-09-01 2008

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