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Meaning of 'prefect' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Prefect [ n.]
- A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person.
- A superintendent of a department who has control of its police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal regulation.
- In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop.

Meaning of 'prefect' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . prefect [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a chief officer or chief magistrate
Example in sentence:
  • the prefect of Paris police

Nearby Words:

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