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prefect

English

Alternative forms

  • præfect (archaic)
  • praefect

Etymology

From Middle English prefect, prefecte, from Old French prefect (French préfet), from Latin praefectus (“overseer, director, prefect”). Literally 'one having been put in charge'.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?i?fekt/

Noun

prefect (plural prefects)

  1. (historical) An official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.
    the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, or of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person
  2. The head of a department in France.
  3. The head of a prefecture in Japan.
  4. (Britain) A school pupil in a position of power over other pupils.
  5. A commander.

Synonyms

  • (Roman office): provost (obs.)

Translations

Anagrams

  • perfect

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin praefectus

Noun

prefect m (plural prefec?i)

  1. prefect (head of county in Romania)

Declension

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refect

English

Verb

refect (third-person singular simple present refects, present participle refecting, simple past and past participle refected)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To refresh; restore after hunger or fatigue.

Related terms

  • refectory

References

refect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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