( [ pri:’tɔ:riən ])
Adjective
1. A special bodyguard force used by Roman emperors.
… [Ms. Kawakubo] is also the head of an empire that has never accepted outside investors and in such her independence is total. She has her own praetorian guard in the person of her spokesperson/husband Adrian Joffe and an army of yes men and women who run away cowering at her first snap.
From the post: How ELLE magazine ruined an incredible interview with enigmatic fashion icon Rei Kawakubo
Source: ELLE on Earth (observer.com)
