prefect (redirected from prefectoral)

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

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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 (학교의) 반장 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 지사(知事) 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