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• School and university in literature — School in literature= *Thomas Bailey Aldrich: The Story of a Bad Boy [http://classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.1/bookid.1269/] *Laurie Halse Anderson: Speak *Christine Anlauff: Good morning, Lehnitz *F. Anstey: Vice Versa *Louis Auchincloss: The… …   Wikipedia

• School Captain — is a student elected, or appointed, to represent the school. This student, usually in the senior year, ( Year 13, in secondary and Year 6 in primary schools) in their final year of attending that school. It is similar to Student Body President in …   Wikipedia

• prefect — (n.) mid 14c., from O.Fr. prefect (12c.), from L. praefectus public overseer, director, properly pp. of praeficere to put in front, to set over, put in authority, from prae in front, before (see PRE (Cf. pre )) + root of facere (pp. factus) to… …   Etymology dictionary

• prefect — ► NOUN 1) chiefly Brit. a senior pupil authorized to enforce discipline in a school. 2) a chief officer, magistrate, or regional governor in certain countries. DERIVATIVES prefectoral adjective prefectorial adjective. ORIGIN Latin praefectus,… …   English terms dictionary

• Prefect — This article is about the title. For the car, see Ford Prefect. For the literary character, see Ford Prefect (character). Prefect (from the Latin praefectus, perfect participle of praeficere: make in front , i.e., put in charge) is a magisterial… …   Wikipedia

• prefect — /pree fekt/, n. 1. a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority, or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative official of a department of France or Italy. 2. Rom. Cath. Ch. a. the… …   Universalium

• School — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:School >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 school school academy university alma mater college seminary Lyceum Sgm: N 1 institute institute institution Sgm: N 1 palaestra palaestra …   English dictionary for students

• prefect — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin praefectus, from past participle of praeficere to place at the head of, from prae + facere to make more at do Date: 14th century 1. any of various high officials or magistrates of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• prefect — noun 1》 chiefly Brit. a senior pupil authorized to enforce discipline in a school. 2》 a chief officer, magistrate, or regional governor in certain countries.     ↘a senior magistrate or governor in the ancient Roman world. Derivatives prefectoral …   English new terms dictionary

• prefect — pre•fect [[t]ˈpri fɛkt[/t]] n. 1) gov anh a person appointed to any of various positions of authority or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative official of a department of France or Italy 2) rel a) the… …   From formal English to slang

• prefect — /ˈprifɛkt / (say preefekt) noun 1. a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority, or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome, or the chief administrative official of a department of France and Italy. 2. (in… …