prefects
School authority figures
Prefects are students given limited authority over other students, typically in British and Commonwealth schools.
They monitor hallways, enforce rules, and report misconduct—a layer of discipline between teachers and pupils.
The term also applies to certain government officials, especially in France, where a prefect administers a department or region: The prefect ordered the evacuation.
Display or supervisor
- head boySenior student leader
- head girlSenior female student leader
- dormitoryStudent living building
- boarding schoolResidential academic institution
common room · house captain · badge · uniform · Hogwarts · sixth form · mentor · patrol
State of being answerable
- dutyRequired moral task
- role modelPerson others emulate
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
trust · accountability · delegation · stewardship · integrity · reliability · example · seniority
Compelling compliance with rules
- detentionTemporary official holding
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- conductManner of behaving
order · regulations · consequences · reprimand · strictness · compliance · behavior · correction
French administrative subdivision
- policeCivil law enforcement
- gendarmerieMilitary unit doing police work
- municipalityLocal governing district
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
government · regional · authority · appointed · Paris · bureaucracy · civil service · official
Civil judicial officer
- provinceRegional administrative district
- governorState's chief executive
- praetorianOf elite Roman soldiers
- legionGreat number, or soldiers
administration · jurisdiction · Rome · imperial · appointment · military · civilian · Egypt
monitor
Display or supervisor
boarding school · common room · house captain · badge · uniform · Hogwarts · sixth form · mentor · patrol · assembly
responsibility
State of being answerable
- dutyRequired moral task
- role modelPerson others emulate
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
guidance · trust · accountability · delegation · stewardship · integrity · reliability · example · seniority · appointment
enforcement
Compelling compliance with rules
- detentionTemporary official holding
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
conduct · order · regulations · consequences · reprimand · strictness · compliance · behavior · correction · standards
département
French administrative subdivision
- policeCivil law enforcement
- gendarmerieMilitary unit doing police work
- municipalityLocal governing district
administration · government · regional · authority · appointed · Paris · bureaucracy · civil service · official · commissioner
magistrate
Civil judicial officer
- provinceRegional administrative district
- governorState's chief executive
- praetorianOf elite Roman soldiers
legion · administration · jurisdiction · Rome · imperial · appointment · military · civilian · Egypt · Augustus
- schoolteachers, classrooms, classes, student, grades
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- Ancient RomansJulius Caesar, patricians, consuls, Marcus Aurelius, Nero
- boarding schoolboarding school, dormitory, dorm life, housemasters, headmaster
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
prefectssubordinates
Those ranked below
juniors · underclassmen · freshmen · fags · rank and file
prefectstroublemakers
Those causing problems deliberately
delinquents · miscreants · ne'er-do-wells · expelled students · reprobates