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prefect

/'prifɛkt/

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noun
a chief officer or chief magistrate
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"the prefect of Paris police"

type of:
administrator executive

Definition that contains prefect

prefecture the office of prefect
prefecture the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
prefectural of or relating to a prefecture
eparch the governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece