'Prefect' definitions:
Definition of 'prefect'
From: WordNet
noun
A chief officer or chief magistrate; "the prefect of Paris police"
Definition of 'Prefect'
From: GCIDE
- Prefect \Pre"fect\, n. [L. praefectus, fr. praefectus, p. p. of praeficere to set over; prae before + facere to make: cf. F. pr['e]fet.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A superintendent of a department who has control of its police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal regulation. [France] --Brande & C. [1913 Webster]
- 3. In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop. [1913 Webster]
- Apostolic prefect (R. C. Ch.), the head of a mission, not of episcopal rank. --Shipley. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prefect'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apprentice teacher,
- archon,
- auditor,
- autodidact,
- chancellor,
- chief executive,
- chief executive officer,
- dean,
- educatee,
- executive,
- executive director,
- executive officer,
- executive secretary,
- graduate assistant,
- inquirer,
- intern,
- learner,
- magistrate,
- management,
- managing director,
- monitor,
- officer,
- official,
- paraprofessional,
- practice teacher,
- praepostor,
- president,
- prexy,
- proctor,
- provost,
- pupil,
- pupil teacher,
- scholar,
- secretary,
- self-taught person,
- student,
- student assistant,
- studier,
- teaching assistant,
- teaching fellow,
- teaching intern,
- the administration,
- trainee,
- treasurer,
- vice-chancellor,
- vice-president,
- warden