prefect

Senior student authority

A prefect is an official with administrative authority.

In ancient Rome, prefects governed provinces or commanded troops.

In modern France, a prefect heads a department.

In British schools, a prefect is a senior student given limited authority over younger ones—monitoring hallways, enforcing rules: She was made a prefect in her final year.

roman

province

Regional administrative district

  • proconsulRoman provincial ruler
  • legateOfficial ecclesiastical representative
  • senateLegislative governing body

consul · tribune · centurion · legion · imperial · Caesar · Augustus · administration · governor · magistrate

french

département

French administrative subdivision

administration · gendarmerie · commissioner · regional · territorial · government · appointed · Haussmann · Paris · Lyon

school

monitor

Display or supervisor

privilege · senior · responsibility · badge · Hogwarts · roster · assembly · uniform · inspection · hall

japanese

Osaka

Japanese port metropolis

  • TokyoJapan's capital city
  • KyotoJapan's former imperial seat
  • HokkaidoJapan's northernmost main island

Okinawa · governor · ken · to · regional · administrative · assembly

ecclesiastical

apostolic

Of the first disciples

cardinal · diocese · canonical · clergy · monsignor · archbishop · nuncio · vicar

Categories
Opposites
authority/status within a school hierarchy

prefectfag

British cigarette slang

underdog · first-year · new boy · underclassman · freshman

behavioral/social type in school culture

prefecttroublemaker

One who creates discord

rebel · delinquent · miscreant · tearaway · bad boy

social standing/recognition

prefectunderdog

Presumed loser beforehand

outcast · nobody · misfit · loner · wallflower

Phrases
Family

prefecture, prefects, prefectures

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