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  • noun Plural form of prefect.

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Examples

  • That night in second hall Rudd called a prefects 'meeting to discuss the affair.

    The Loom of Youth Alec Waugh 1939

  • "Then cut along and call a prefects 'meeting," said McTurk, knowing

    Stalky & Co. Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • Flint's showin 'King has called the prefects names enough to justify

    Stalky & Co. Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • "And now -- I'll be decent, Carson -- you sneak back with her kisses" (not for nothing had Beetle perused the later poets) "hot on your lips and call prefects 'meetings, which aren't prefects' meetings, to uphold the honor of the Sixth."

    Stalky & Co. Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • He had the direct and sole nomination of the members of the general administration, of those of the departmental and municipal councils, and of the administrators, afterwards called prefects and sub-prefects.

    The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898

  • Provincial leaders (called prefects) and councilors, like mayors, city councilors, and rural parish boards, are directly elected.

    unknown title 2009

  • Provincial leaders (called prefects) and councilors, like mayors, city councilors, and rural parish boards, are directly elected.

    unknown title 2009

  • Provincial leaders (called prefects) and councilors, like mayors, city councilors, and rural parish boards, are directly elected.

    unknown title 2009

  • Provincial leaders (called prefects) and councilors, like mayors, city councilors, and rural parish boards, are directly elected.

    unknown title 2009

  • Provincial leaders (called prefects) and councilors, like mayors, city councilors, and rural parish boards, are directly elected.

    unknown title 2009

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