nnoun.persona member of the Praetorian GuardSynset:Praetorian Praetorian Guard
Member Holonyms:Praetorian Guard
Hypernyms:bodyguard escort
Inherited Hypernyms:praetorian guardbodyguarddefenderpreserverpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:praetorian guardbodyguarddefenderpreserverpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
adjadj.pertof or relating to a Roman praetorSynset:praetorial pretorial pretorian
Derivationally Related Form:praetorpretor
Pertainyms:praetor
Inherited Hypernyms:praetorian
adj satadj.allcharacteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venalitySynset:Praetorian Pretorian
Examples:- a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble - Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr.
Antonyms:incorrupt
Inherited Hypernyms:praetorian
Similar to:corrupt