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Meanings of Praetorian Guard in English

Portuguese
guarda pretoriana

A member of the Praetorian Guard.

        guarda pretoriana
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        Examples for "Praetorian"
        Examples for "Praetorian"
        1
        Each Praetorian had the rank of a centurion in the regular army.
        The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
        2
        He has a court in preparation, and the Praetorian bands in array.
        Famous Americans of Recent Times
        3
        Watch: Make way for the Praetorian… Mind you; there is something worse.
        The South African
        4
        Even the name, it's called the Praetorian, sends shudders down my spine.
        The South African
        5
        By 2248, though, we find him in command of the Praetorian Guard.
        Roma eterna
        Usage of Praetorian Guard in English
        1
        By 2248, though, we find him in command of the Praetorian Guard.
        Roma eterna
        2
        Not the Praetorian Guard that Markus cobbled together, but something real.
        Seveneves
        3
        SEJÁNUS was the commander of the Praetorian Guard of Tiberius.
        Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D.
        4
        He was murdered by a Tribune of his Praetorian Guard.
        Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D.
        5
        Not even one, much less a whole damn Praetorian Guard.
        Crown of Slaves
        6
        Asellius Proculus, the Prefect of the Praetorian Guard, had just shouldered his way into the room.
        Roma eterna
        7
        Something in the way of a Praetorian Guard to serve as a counterbalance to us bloodthirsty Ballroom types.
        Crown of Slaves
        8
        Nobody had ever heard of them and they rarely got past the Praetorian Guard of secretaries and PAs.
        The Irish Times
        9
        Make up an army with all the best features of the SS, the Praetorian Guard, the Golden Horde.
        The Forever War
        10
        He compared a Praetorian Guard's voice to a girl's and discovered the soldier's sword was sharper than his tongue.
        Radio NZ
        11
        I brought four volunteers from the Praetorian Guard plus a captain called Julius Frontinus who used to know my brother.
        Shadows in Bronze
        12
        The headquarters of the Praetorian Guard had been located since the time of Tiberius in the eastern part of the city.
        Roma eterna
        13
        Behind the elephants came Norican legionaries carrying the surrendered standards of the disbanded Praetorian Guard; not held aloft, but trailed, half inverted.
        Andivius Hedulio: Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of ...
        14
        Caburus and I will buy at old-clothing shops or hire from costumers cast off uniforms of the privates of the Praetorian Guard.
        Andivius Hedulio: Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of ...
        15
        The Praetorian Guard then was told that the Emperor had discovered that Varro was plotting against him, and had replaced him as prefect with Diodorus.
        Roma eterna
        16
        These disappointments served only to irritate the rage of the Prætorian guards.
        History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1
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