单词 | prefect |
释义 | prefect n.   1. the chief administrative officer of certain departments, esp. in France.   2. esp. Brit. a senior pupil in a school etc. authorized to enforce discipline.   3. Rom. Antiq. a senior magistrate or military commander. Derivatives prefectoral adj. prefectorial adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L praefectus past part. of praeficere set in authority over (as PRAE-, facere make) |
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