A consul in command of the army.
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.
A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor. Sometimes used as a title.
The title of the chief magistrate, the mayor, and/or the podestà in Palermo, in Verona, and in various other parts of 17th- and 18th-century Italy.
A guard.
A kind of angel appointed to watch over the human realm, in particular one of those who became fallen angels and begot the Nephilim.
Someone who keeps vigil.
Someone who observes something closely for professional reasons, such as an analyst or pundit.
A political representative aligned with a candidate sent to observe elections to report on irregularities. A scrutineer.