Pro·prē'tor, n.
n. [Lat. proprætor, from pro, before, for, and prætor, a pretor, q. v.] (Rom. Antiq.) A magistrate who, having discharged the office of pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province.
n. [Lat. proprætor, from pro, before, for, and prætor, a pretor, q. v.] (Rom. Antiq.) A magistrate who, having discharged the office of pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province.