In India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia, prefects are student leaders in primary and secondary schools, often along the lines of other Commonwealth schools, but with superior powers.

The meaning of PREFECT is any of various high officials or magistrates of differing functions and ranks in ancient Rome.

Like dissident staff members, prefects mobilized in council against the headmaster's leadership. The prefects regarded public order as their priority, intervening only in case of conflicts between the …

PREFECT definition: 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 …

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. …

Government, Ancient History a person in an important position of authority, as a chief administrative official of a department of France. pre•fect (prē′ fekt), n.

Definition of prefect noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.