prefect

prefect
noun
  1. (chiefly Brit.)a senior pupil in some schools authorized to enforce discipline
    (主英)级长,班长
  2. a chief officer, magistrate, or regional governor in certain countries
    地方行政长官
    the prefect of police.
    警察局局长。
    ■a senior magistrate or governor in the ancient Roman world
    (古罗马)长官,高级行政官,总督
    Avitus was prefect of Gaul from AD 439.
    阿维托斯公元439年以后是高卢的总督。
派生
prefectoral
adjective
prefectorial
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French, from Latin praefectus, past participle of praeficere 'set in authority over', from prae 'before' + facere 'make'. Sense 1 dates from the early 19th cent
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