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praetorians (en)

(adjective) of, forming, or resembling the Roman imperial bodyguard / (adjective) of or relating to a praetor

At the New Yorker
by George Steiner, Robert Boyers

At the New Yorker
by George Steiner, Robert Boyers

At the New Yorker
by George Steiner, Robert Boyers


Burgess, Philby, Maclean, Blunt, and their praetorians

used metaphorically here I assume

—p.35 The Cleric of Treason (13) by George Steiner
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