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–noun
1.a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority, or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative official of a department of France or Italy.
2.Roman Catholic Church.
a.the dean of a Jesuit school or college.
b.a cardinal in charge of a congregation in the Curia Romana.
3.Chiefly British. a praeposter.
Also, praefect.


[Origin: 1300–50; ME < L praefectus overseer, director (n. use of ptp. of praeficere to make prior, i.e., put in charge), equiv. to prae- pre- + -fectus (comb. form of factus, ptp. of facere to make, do1); see fact]
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pre·fect    Audio Help   (prē'fěkt')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A high administrative official or chief officer, as:
    1. Any of several high military or civil officials in ancient Rome.
    2. The chief of police of Paris, France.
    3. A chief administrative official of a department of France.
    4. The administrator in charge of discipline at a Jesuit school.
  2. A student monitor or officer, especially in a private school.


[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 dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

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prefect 
c.1350, from O.Fr. prefect (12c.), from L. præfectus "public overseer, director," prop. pp. of præficere "to put in front, to set over, put in authority," from præ- "in front, before" + root of facere (pp. factus) "to perform" (see factitious). Spelling restored from M.E. prefet. Meaning "administrative head of the Paris police" is from 1827; meaning "senior pupil designated to keep order in an Eng. school" is from 1865. Prefecture "administrative district of a prefect" is recorded from 1577.

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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
prefect

noun
a chief officer or chief magistrate; "the prefect of Paris police" 

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prefect1 [ˈpriːfekt] noun
one of a number of senior pupils having special powers in a school etc
Arabic: عَريف الصَّف، مُناظِر الدَّرْس
Chinese (Simplified): 学校中的年级负责学生,级长
Chinese (Traditional): 學校中的年級負責學生,級長
Czech: student mající dozor
Danish: præfekt
Dutch: oudere leerling als ordehandhaver
Estonian: klassiprefekt
Finnish: valvojaoppilas
French: élève (chargé de la discipline)
German: der, *die Ordner(in)
Greek: επιμελητής
Hungarian: szenior; prefektus
Icelandic: umsjónarmaður
Indonesian: ketua kelas
Italian: capoclasse
Japanese: 監督生
Korean: (학교의) 반장
Latvian: klases vecākais
Lithuanian: vyresnysis mokinys
Norwegian: prefekt, ordenselev
Polish: starszy uczeń
Portuguese (Brazil): chefe de turma
Portuguese (Portugal): monitor
Romanian: şef al clasei
Russian: староста
Slovak: študent majúci dozor
Slovenian: starejši dijak
Spanish: tutor, monitor
Swedish: ordningsman
Turkish: öğrenci temsilcisi
prefect2 [ˈpriːfekt] noun
in some countries, an administrative official
Arabic: مُوَظَّف إداري، والٍ
Chinese (Simplified): 行政官员
Chinese (Traditional): 行政官員
Czech: prefekt
Danish: præfekt
Dutch: prefect
Estonian: prefekt
Finnish: prefekti
French: préfet
German: der Präfekt
Greek: νομάρχης
Hungarian: elöljáró
Icelandic: deildarstjóri
Indonesian: distrik
Italian: prefetto
Japanese: -長官
Korean: 지사(知事)
Latvian: prefekts
Lithuanian: prefektas
Norwegian: prefekt, byråkrat
Polish: prefekt
Portuguese (Brazil): prefeito
Portuguese (Portugal): prefeito
Romanian: prefect
Russian: префект
Slovak: prefekt
Slovenian: prefekt
Spanish: prefecto
Swedish: prefekt
Turkish: mülkî amir
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Prefect

Pre"fect\, n. [L. praefectus, fr. praefectus, p. p. of praeficere to set over; prae before + facere to make: cf. F. pr['e]fet.]

1. A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person.

2. A superintendent of a department who has control of its police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal regulation. [France] --Brande & C.

3. In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop.

Apostolic prefect (R. C. Ch.), the head of a mission, not of episcopal rank. --Shipley.
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