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subprefect

noun

Etymology

From sub- + prefect.

  1. derived from praefectus
  2. derived from prefect
  3. inherited from prefect
  4. formed as subprefect — “sub- + prefect”

Definitions

  1. The executive of a subprefecture.

  2. An assistant prefect in a school.

    • Their authority, as it was when they were school leaders, cut across the houses. Below them were house prefects and subprefects, with their authority limited to their Houses.

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