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

Noun

1. Brit, Austral, & NZ a senior pupil in a school with limited power over the behaviour of other pupils

2. (in some countries) the chief administrative officer in a department [Latin praefectus one put in charge]

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 [ˈpriːfɛkt] n (BRIT) (in school) → monitor(a) m/f

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prefect [ˈpriːfɛkt] n (Brit) (in school) → élève chargé de certaines fonctions de discipline;

(in France) → préfet m

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prefect [ˈpriːfɛkt] (Brit) n (in school) → Aufsichtsschüler(in) m(f)

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prefect [ˈpriːfɛkt] n (BRIT) (in school) → studente/essa con funzioni disciplinari;

(in Italy) → prefetto