prefect

pre·fect  (prfkt)

n.

1. A high administrative official or chief officer, as:

a. Any of several high military or civil officials in ancient Rome.

b. The chief of police of Paris, France.

c. A chief administrative official of a department of France.

d. The administrator in charge of discipline at a Jesuit school.

2. A student monitor or officer, especially in a private school.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin praefectus, from past participle of praeficere, to place at the head of : prae-, pre- + facere, to make; see dh- in Indo-European roots.]

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prefect [ˈpriːfɛkt]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in France, Italy, etc.) the chief administrative officer in a department

2. (Law) (in France, etc.) the head of a police force

3. (Social Science / Education) Brit a schoolchild appointed to a position of limited power over his fellows

4. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Rome) any of several magistrates or military commanders

5. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) Also called prefect apostolic RC Church an official having jurisdiction over a missionary district that has no ordinary

6. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church one of two senior masters in a Jesuit school or college (the prefect of studies and the prefect of discipline or first prefect)

7. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a cardinal in charge of a congregation of the Curia Also (for senses 4-7) praefect

[from Latin praefectus one put in charge, from praeficere to place in authority over, from prae before + facere to do, make]

prefectorial  [ˌpriːfɛkˈtɔːrɪəl] adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

prefect - a chief officer or chief magistrate; "the prefect of Paris police" administrator, executive - someone who manages a government agency or department

Translations

prefect [ˈpriːfekt] N

1. (Brit) (Scol) → monitor(a) m/f

2. (Admin) (esp in France) → prefecto m

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prefect [ˈpriːfɛkt] n

(British) (in school) élève chargé de certaines fonctions de discipline
My sister's a prefect → Ma sœur est en dernière année et est chargée de maintenir la discipline.

(in France) → préfet m

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prefect

n → Präfekt(in) m(f); (Brit Sch) → Aufsichtsschüler(in) m(f); form prefect (Sch) → ˜ Klassensprecher(in) m(f)

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prefect [ˈpriːfɛkt] n (Brit) (Scol) allievo delle classi superiori che è incaricato della disciplina e gode di alcuni privilegi (Admin) (in Italy, France) → prefetto

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prefect [ˈpriːfɛkt] n (Brit) (Scol) allievo delle classi superiori che è incaricato della disciplina e gode di alcuni privilegi (Admin) (in Italy, France) → prefetto

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prefect

n prefect [ˈpriːfekt]

1 one of a number of senior pupils having special powers in a school etc. prefek عَريف الصَّف، مُناظِر الدَّرْس ученик, отговорник за дисциплината на по-малките ученици student mající dozor præfekt der/die Ordner(in) επιμελητής tutor, monitor klassiprefekt مبصر valvojaoppilas élève (chargé de la discipline) תַלמִיד בָּכִיר प्रधान stariji đak koji podučava i nadzire druge szenior; prefektus ketua kelas umsjónarmaður capoclasse 監督生 급장 vyresnysis mokinys klases vecākais pengawas oudere leerling als ordehandhaver prefekt, ordenselev starszy uczeń monitor şef al clasei староста študent majúci dozor starejši dijak redar ordningsman หัวหน้านักเรียน öğrenci temsilcisi 學校中的年級負責學生，級長 староста سينئر طلبہ lớp trưởng 学校中的年级负责学生，级长

2 in some countries, an administrative official. prefek مُوَظَّف إداري، والٍ префект prefekt præfekt der Präfekt νομάρχης prefecto prefekt استاندار prefekti préfet מוֹשֵל प्रशासक upravitelj,stariješina elöljáró distrik deildarstjóri prefetto －長官 행정관 prefektas prefekts pegawai pentadbiran prefect prefekt, byråkrat prefekt prefeito prefect префект prefekt prefekt prefekt prefekt เจ้าหน้าที่ mülkî amir 行政官員 префект اتنظامي افسر quận trưởng 行政官员

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prefect → تلميذ مُفَوّض prefekt præfekt Präfekt επιμελητής monitor valvojaoppilas délégué prefekt prefetto 監督生 반장 prefect ordensmann prefekt monitor de escola префект ordningsman นักเรียนที่ดูแลควมคุมนักเรียนที่เด็กกว่า başkan quận 长官