prefect

IPA: prˈifɛkt

(historical) An official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.
The head of a department in France.
The head of a county in Albania or Romania.
The head of a prefecture in Japan.
(Britain) A school pupil in a position of power over other pupils.
A commander.

Examples of "prefect" in Sentences

It is the equivalent of prefect.
It's not prefect, but it's close.
Chun is known to be a prefect lady.
Authority and powers of the prefect.
He was the prefect at the time of the Jewish Revolt.
Historically the Tower was the exclusive domain of the Prefects.
Sixteen pupils supervise and oversee the remainder of the prefects.
Brett is the junior class prefect and a member of the Disciplinary Committee.
The last traces of the prefect disappeared in the Byzantine Empire in the 840s.
Julian the Apostate restricted the granting of passes to the Praetorian Prefect.