propraetor

American  

[proh-pree-ter] / proʊˈpri tər /

Or propretor

noun

Roman History.

1. an officer who, after having served as praetor in Rome, was sent to govern a province with praetorial authority.

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propraetor British  

/ prəʊˈpriːtə /

noun

1. (in ancient Rome) a citizen, esp an ex-praetor, granted a praetor's imperium to be exercised outside Rome, esp in the provinces

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Other Word Forms

• propraetorial
  adjective
• propraetorian
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of propraetor

1570–80; < Latin prōpraetor; see pro- ¹, praetor

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

propraetor

On arriving at the northwesterly port of Gaul, Beric learned that London, Verulamium, and Camalodunum had been rebuilt, and that the propraetor had established himself in London as his chief place of residence.

From Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

In 75 B.C. he concluded a formal treaty of alliance with Mithridates, and sent him the propraetor M. Marius to lead his troops.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

In 92 Sylla went as propraetor to Asia, where the incapacity of the Senate's administration was creating another enemy likely to be troublesome.

From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony

Curio collected troops in Umbria and Etruria for Caesar, who sent him to Sicily as propraetor in 49.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

It is supposed that Sicily may have been the province, which he had governed as propraetor, and from which he had returned when he was subjected to this trial.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)