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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
Praetorian
a member of the Praetorian Guard • Syn: Praetorian Guard • Hypernyms: bodyguard, escort • Member Holonyms: Praetorian Guard
characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality - "a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble"- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr. • Syn: Pretorian • Similar to: corrupt
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