Subprefect

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The executive of a subprefecture.
  2. 2
    An assistant prefect in a school.

    "Their authority, as it was when they were school leaders, cut across the houses. Below them were house prefects and subprefects, with their authority limited to their Houses."

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"Their authority, as it was when they were school leaders, cut across the houses. Below them were house prefects and subprefects, with their authority limited to their Houses."

Etymology

From sub- + prefect.

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