Prefect

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  • noun. A high administrative official or chief officer, as.
  • noun. Any of several high military or civil officials in ancient Rome.
  • noun. The chief of police of Paris, France.
  • noun. A chief administrative official of a department of France.
  • noun. The administrator in charge of discipline at a Jesuit school.
  • noun. A student monitor or officer, especially in a private school.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A governor, commander, chief magistrate, or superintendent.
  • noun. A director.
  • noun. Tutelary divinity; presiding deity.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.
  • noun. A superintendent of a department who has control of its police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal regulation.
  • noun. In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop.
  • noun. the head of a mission, not of episcopal rank.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An official of ancient Rome.
  • noun. The head of a department in France.
  • noun. A school pupil in a position of power over other pupils.
  • noun. A commander.
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  • noun. a chief officer or chief magistrate
  • Word Usage
    "This role as social prefect is an intolerable burden"
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