Associations to the word «Prefect»

Wiktionary

PREFECT, noun. An official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.
PREFECT, noun. The head of a department in France.
PREFECT, noun. A school pupil in a position of power over other pupils.
PREFECT, noun. A commander.

Dictionary definition

PREFECT, noun. A chief officer or chief magistrate; "the prefect of Paris police".

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis