praetor

/หˆpษนiหtษ”ห/

IPA: /P R IY1 T ER0/

noun
  1. 1

    (history) The title designating a Roman administrative official whose role changed over time:

  2. 2

    (by extension) A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor. Sometimes used as a title.

  3. 3

    (translating Italian "pretore") The title of the chief magistrate, the mayor, and/or the podestร  in Palermo, in Verona, and in various other parts of 17th- and 18th-century Italy.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/praetor