Etymology

praetorian

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Today it means: A member of a special bodyguard force used by Roman emperors, their symbol being the scorpion. Full definition →

Middle English pretorian ← Latin praetōriānus
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  1. Latin · derived frompraetōriānus
  2. Middle English · inherited frompretorian
  3. English todaypraetorian

From Middle English pretorian, from Latin praetōriānus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.