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English

From earlier prex +? -y.

Homophone: prexie

prexy (plural prexies)

(slang) A president, especially of a college or university.
- 1970, "Stanford prexy asks cut in paper support", (Ellensburg, Washington) Daily Record (UPI), 8 October 1970, vol. 70, no. 238, p. 3 [1]
  Stanford University's new president, angered by what he calls a "journalistic atrocity," wants student financial support withdrawn from the Stanford Daily.

Origin unknown. Possibly from "make the ship ready".

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