Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Praetorian \Pr[ae]*to"ri*an\, a.
   See {Pretorian}.

Source : WordNet®

praetorian
     adj 1: of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers" [syn:
             {praetorial}, {pretorian}, {pretorial}]
     2: characteristic of Praetorian soldiers in respect to
        corruption or political venality; "a large praetorian
        bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic
        people makes work and makes trouble"- Arthur M.Schlesinger
        Jr. [syn: {pretorian}]