An annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Praetor, also pretor, was the title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to a man acting in one of two official capacities: the commander of an army, and as an elected magistratus, assigned to discharge various duties. Wikipedia

Official of the Roman Republic Wikidata

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. Wiktionary