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pretor n. 执政官;长官 执政官;长官 pretor n 1: an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic [synonym: {praetor}, {pretor}] Pretor \Pre"tor\, n. [L. praetor, for praeitor, fr. praeire to
go before; prae before ire to go. See {Issue}.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans. [1913 Webster] Note: Originally the pretor was a kind of third consul; but at an early period two pretors were appointed, the first of whom (praetor urbanus) was a kind of mayor or city judge; the other (praetor peregrinus) was a judge of cases in which one or both of the parties were foreigners. Still later, the number of pretors, or judges, was further increased. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, a mayor or magistrate. [R.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
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