[{"word":"pretor","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"(history) The title designating a Roman administrative official whose role changed over time:","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(by extension) A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor. Sometimes used as a title.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(translating Italian \"pretore\") 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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["provost"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/praetor","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pretor"]}]