prefect

noun

/ˈpriːfekt/

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(in some British schools) an older student with some authority over younger students and some other responsibilities and advantagesTopics Educationc2, People in societyc2
(also Prefect)
an officer responsible for an area of local government in some countries, for example France, Italy and Japan

Word Originlate 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.

单词	prefect
释义	prefect noun /ˈpriːfekt/ /ˈpriːfekt/ jump to other results (in some British schools) an older student with some authority over younger students and some other responsibilities and advantagesTopics Educationc2, People in societyc2 (also Prefect) an officer responsible for an area of local government in some countries, for example France, Italy and Japan Word Originlate 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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