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Prefect

/ˈpɹiːfekt/

An official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.

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noun

1
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
A school pupil in a position of power over other pupils.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Prefect"

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pretoriannoun	A person from Pretoria.
praetoriannoun	(historical, Ancient Rome) A member of a special bodyguard force used by Roman emperors, their symbol being the scorpion.
prefecturalnoun	(usually in the plural) A tournament in which participants from all over the prefecture compete.
prefecturenoun	The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French, Chinese, and Japanese administrative divisions.
governornoun	(politics) The chief executive officer of a first-level administrative division of a country.
reevenoun	(Canada) The president of a township or municipal district council.
chiefnoun	The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
invigilatornoun	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A person who supervises students during an examination; a proctor
supervisornoun	(management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
commissionernoun	An official in charge of a government department, especially a police force.
apostolicnoun	(Christianity, historical) A member of the Apostolici.
commandernoun	One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
wardennoun	A chief administrative officer of a prison.
executivenoun	A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
pionnoun	(particle physics) Any of three semistable mesons, having positive, negative or neutral charge, composed of up and down quarks/antiquarks.
pawnnoun	An instance of pawning something.
dmvnoun	(US) The region made up of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.
magistratenoun	(law) A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both.
administratornoun	One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
superintendentnoun	A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.