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Meaning of prefect in English
Pronunciation
/ˈpriˌfɛkt/
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Noun
prefect
Etymology
late Middle English (in prefect (sense 2)): from Old French, from Latin praefectus, past participle of praeficere‘set in authority over’, from prae‘before’ + facere‘make’. prefect (sense 1) dates from the early 19th century
Definitions
1.
a chief officer or chief magistrate
Examples
« the prefect of Paris police »