subprefect

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From sub- + prefect.

The executive of a subprefecture.

An assistant prefect in a school.

Their authority, as it was when they were school leaders, cut across the houses. Below them were house prefects and subprefects, with their authority limited to their Houses.2010, Chike Momah, The Shining Ones:

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