praepostorn.

Brit.

/priːˈpɒstə/, U.S.

/priˈpɑstər/

Forms: 1700s– prepostor, 1800s– praepostor.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: prepositor n.¹

Etymology: Shortened < prepositor n.¹For the origins and development of the term see etymological note at prepositor n.¹

At some British public schools: a senior pupil charged with certain administrative or disciplinary duties; a prefect or monitor. See prepositor n.¹ 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > prefect or monitor

prepositor1519

monitor1530

nomenclator?1566

propositor1633

praepostor1768

monitress1795

prefect1826

1768 in H. C. Maxwell-Lyte Hist. Eton (1870) xvi. 320 Prepostors or monitors are chosen..to gather exercises, to mark the boys' names every School time and Church time, to write down the names of those who are not present at the time of absence... The sixth Form hath two Prepostors.

1836 Times 2 Jan. 3/7 The first and third Præpostors both held him while the second beat him again with a knotted blackthorn-stick of an unusual size.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. v. 110 One of the praepostors of the week stood by him on the steps.

1881 Macmillan's Mag. 44 359 His rapid removal..into the fifth form at Midsummer..freeing him from the terrors of prepostors and fagging.

1944 F. D. Ashburn Peabody of Groton vi. 28 Arnold sent Thomas Hughes's brother, a praepostor, away for not backing him up in some school affair.

1988 W. Thesiger Life of my Choice 72 On either side of the block stood a praepostor from the sixth form, there to see that sentence was carried out decently and to order.

Derivatives

præposˈtorial adj. relating to praepostors; also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [adjective] > prefect or monitor

monitorial1814

prepositorial1844

prefectorial1862

præpostorial1872

prefectual1873

1872 Times 19 Nov. 6/3 That distinctive institution of our English public schools known as the Monitorial, Praepostorial, or Praefectorial system.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Dec. 12/1 I should say that Percival's new model of the præpostorial system, carried out on Dr. Arnold's lines, was his greatest achievement as a head master.

2003 Guardian 4 Apr. (Educ. section) He brought to the praepostorial..role [sc. Provost of University College London] the muscular instincts of the CEO.

præˈpostorship n. rare the office of praepostor.

ΚΠ

1864 Rep. Revenues & Managem. Colleges 320 in Parl. Papers XX. 1 Twenty years ago..I deprived a boy of his præpostership for using a stick to punish another boy.

1884 Eton Calendar 2 Oct. 78 The Præpostorship must be taken in School order, unless specially excused.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	praepostor
释义	praepostorn. Brit. /priːˈpɒstə/, U.S. /priˈpɑstər/ Forms: 1700s– prepostor, 1800s– praepostor. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: prepositor n.¹ Etymology: Shortened < prepositor n.¹For the origins and development of the term see etymological note at prepositor n.¹ At some British public schools: a senior pupil charged with certain administrative or disciplinary duties; a prefect or monitor. See prepositor n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > prefect or monitor prepositor1519 monitor1530 nomenclator?1566 propositor1633 praepostor1768 monitress1795 prefect1826 1768 in H. C. Maxwell-Lyte Hist. Eton (1870) xvi. 320 Prepostors or monitors are chosen..to gather exercises, to mark the boys' names every School time and Church time, to write down the names of those who are not present at the time of absence... The sixth Form hath two Prepostors. 1836 Times 2 Jan. 3/7 The first and third Præpostors both held him while the second beat him again with a knotted blackthorn-stick of an unusual size. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. v. 110 One of the praepostors of the week stood by him on the steps. 1881 Macmillan's Mag. 44 359 His rapid removal..into the fifth form at Midsummer..freeing him from the terrors of prepostors and fagging. 1944 F. D. Ashburn Peabody of Groton vi. 28 Arnold sent Thomas Hughes's brother, a praepostor, away for not backing him up in some school affair. 1988 W. Thesiger Life of my Choice 72 On either side of the block stood a praepostor from the sixth form, there to see that sentence was carried out decently and to order. Derivatives præposˈtorial adj. relating to praepostors; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [adjective] > prefect or monitor monitorial1814 prepositorial1844 prefectorial1862 præpostorial1872 prefectual1873 1872 Times 19 Nov. 6/3 That distinctive institution of our English public schools known as the Monitorial, Praepostorial, or Praefectorial system. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Dec. 12/1 I should say that Percival's new model of the præpostorial system, carried out on Dr. Arnold's lines, was his greatest achievement as a head master. 2003 Guardian 4 Apr. (Educ. section) He brought to the praepostorial..role [sc. Provost of University College London] the muscular instincts of the CEO. præˈpostorship n. rare the office of praepostor. ΚΠ 1864 Rep. Revenues & Managem. Colleges 320 in Parl. Papers XX. 1 Twenty years ago..I deprived a boy of his præpostership for using a stick to punish another boy. 1884 Eton Calendar 2 Oct. 78 The Præpostorship must be taken in School order, unless specially excused. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1768
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