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English to English noun
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a chief officer or chief magistrate |  | Example: the prefect of Paris police
source: wordnet30
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A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person. | | source: webster1913
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