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præpostor, pre- (prɪˈpɒstə(r)) [Syncopated form of præpositor, prepositor, q.v.] The name given at various English Public Schools to those senior pupils to whom authority is delegated for the management and control of the community; elsewhere called præfects, or monitors. Cf. prepositor. [At Eton, i...
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▪ I. prepositor1, præ- (prɪˈpɒzɪtə(r)) Also 6 -er, -our. [Alteration of L. præpositus: see note s.v. præpostor.] 1. The name given in some English public schools to those senior boys who are entrusted with much of the discipline of the school, esp. out of the classroom; now usually præpostor, q.v. A...
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Praepostors
The schools' prefects are known as præpostors. Defining the role in 1821, Dr Butler wrote:"A præpostor is one of the first eight boys to whom the master delegates a certain share of authority, in whom
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▪ I. prefect, præfect, n. (ˈpriːfɛkt) Forms: 4 Sc. prefec, -fet(e, -feit, 4–5 -fecte, 5– prefect; 7–9 præ-. [a. OF. prefect (12th c.), mod.F. préfet = Pr. prefeit, Sp. prefecto, It. prefetto, ad. L. præfect-us an overseer, president, commander, superintendent of a public office, civil or military; i...
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