Propretor

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Propretor \Pro*pre"tor\, n. [L. propraetor; pro for, before +
     praetor a pretor.] (Rom. Antiq.)
     A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed
     to the government of a province. [Written also
     {propr[ae]tor}.]
     [1913 Webster]