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单词 pretoir
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pretoirn.adj.

Forms: Middle English pretoire, Middle English pretoyre.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pretoire.
Etymology: < Middle French pretoire praetory n.1 Compare slightly earlier praetory n.1
Obsolete. rare.
A. n.
Roman History. The Praetorian Guard.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > lifeguard or bodyguard > [noun] > specific
praetorya1387
pretoira1393
Switzer1591
Scots Guard1602
palatines1623
Swiss guardc1660
yeomanry1673
immortal1803
household brigade1814
Varangian Guard1831
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 2847 A Romein, Which Consul was of the Pretoire..sette a lawe for the pes.
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) viii. 297 Whilom a prefect in Roome, the cite, Of the Pretoire.
B. adj.
Relating to a hall or palace. Cf. praetory n.1 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > dwelling of king or ruler > [adjective]
pretoir1485
palaestral?a1513
palaestrialc1550
palatine1598
palatiate1632
palatial?1722
palaceda1789
impalaced1845
palatian1845
1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. ev/1 In one of the quarters was a gardyn pretoyre meruaylously fayr wherin floures ne fruytes faylled neuer [Fr. avoit ung pretoire].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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