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Definition of praetors:

(n) : (history) The title designating a Roman administrative official whose role changed over time:
(n) : (after 366 BC) An annually-elected curule magistrate, subordinate to the consuls in provincial administration, and who performed some of their duties; numbering initially only one, later two (either of the praetor urbānus (“urban praetor”) or the praetor peregrīnus (“peregrine praetor”)), and eventually eighteen.
(n) : (by extension) A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor. Sometimes used as a title.
(n) : (originally) A consul in command of the army.
(n) : (historical, translating Italian "pretore") The title of the chief magistrate, the mayor, and/or the podestà in Palermo, in Verona, and in various other parts of 17th- and 18th-century Italy.
Definition of praetors:

(n) : (history) The title designating a Roman administrative official whose role changed over time:
(n) : (after 366 BC) An annually-elected curule magistrate, subordinate to the consuls in provincial administration, and who performed some of their duties; numbering initially only one, later two (either of the praetor urbānus (“urban praetor”) or the praetor peregrīnus (“peregrine praetor”)), and eventually eighteen.
(n) : (by extension) A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor. Sometimes used as a title.
(n) : (originally) A consul in command of the army.
(n) : (historical, translating Italian "pretore") The title of the chief magistrate, the mayor, and/or the podestà in Palermo, in Verona, and in various other parts of 17th- and 18th-century Italy.
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