praetor

Meaning

Noun

  • A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor.

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Origin

  • From the Anglo-Norman pretour, pretore, the Middle French preteur (from the Old French pretor; compare the Modern French préteur), and their etymon, the Classical Latin praetor; the Latin being contracted from *praeitor, from praeeō, from prae + eō; compare the Italian pretore, the Portuguese pretor, and the Spanish pretor.

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