prefect
Meaning of prefect
noun
- An official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.
the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, or of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person
- The head of a department in France.
- The head of a prefecture in Japan.
- A school pupil in a position of power over other pupils.
- A commander.
Information about prefect
- It is a name.
- The plural form of prefect is: prefects.
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Hyphenation of prefect
pre-fect
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- prefect is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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Words that rhyme with prefect
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