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‖ préfet|prefɛ|
[Fr.]
The chief administrative officer of a department of France; = prefect, præfect n. 1 d.
1820M. Edgeworth Let. 22 June (1979) 168 Mme Chéron whose son is Préfet I think of Toulouse or some Provincial town. 1861Trollope Tales of All Countries (ser. 1) 22 And the company are all talking to him as though he were the préfet. 1869Bradshaw's Railway Manual XXI. 348 Directors: C. Bart, ex-Préfet, Paris. 1872Trollope Golden Lion xviii. 288 Colmar..has been accustomed to the presence of a préfet, and is no doubt important. 1908O.E.D. s.v. Prefecture 3, A prefect or French préfet. 1942‘A. Bridge’ Frontier Passage vi. 102 They went off together to the Préfecture at Bayonne... Crossman's prestige.. made access to the Préfet easy. 1958Listener 18 Sept. 431/1 While there might be scoundrels like Darnand, such could be balanced by the courage of préfets like Bousquet. 1974S. Coulter Château i. viii. 49 ‘You are invited to the Préfet's... A reception.’.. She was impressed; the Préfet was the chief officer of the department. |