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Praetorian Guard

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Praetorian Guard
n.
1. The elite bodyguard of a Roman emperor, approximately the size of a legion.
2. A member of this bodyguard.
[Originally the bodyguard of a praetor or a general.]
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Noun1.Praetorian GuardPraetorian Guard - a member of the Praetorian Guard    
Praetorian
Praetorian Guard - the elite bodyguard of a Roman Emperor in ancient Rome
bodyguard, escort - someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
2.Praetorian Guard - the elite bodyguard of a Roman Emperor in ancient Rome
bodyguard - a group of men who escort and protect some important person
Praetorian, Praetorian Guard - a member of the Praetorian Guard
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To the second floor on which the window was situated, he ascended, much pre-occupied in mind by the uncertainties besetting the Roman Empire, and much regretting the death of the amiable Pertinax: who only last night had left the Imperial affairs in a state of great confusion, by falling a victim to the fury of the praetorian guards.
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