prefect
Other forms: prefects
A prefect is a chief officer or magistrate, originally in ancient Rome.
Like a mayor or governor, a prefect is someone powerful: a chief officer or chief magistrate. In ancient Rome, a prefect was not only in charge of a city or province but of the military too, just as the United States President is the military commander-in-chief too. The term prefect is a little old-fashioned, but there are still prefects around today.
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a chief officer or chief magistrate
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an older student, especially in a private school, who monitors or supervises other studentstype of:supervisorone who supervises or has charge and direction of
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