how to pronounce praetor

/ˈpɹiːtɔː/

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praetor is pronounced in two syllables

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iː

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ɔː

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An example use of praetor in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… first as a Crestor and praetor before …”

meanings of praetor

noun:

(historical) The title designating a Roman administrative official whose role changed over time:.
A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor. Sometimes used as a title.
A consul in command of the army.
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.
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.

praetor frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word praetor occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics praetor can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that praetor can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) education, science, and technology;

3) people, society, and culture;