prexn.

Brit.

/prɛks/, U.S.

/prɛks/

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

Etymology: Shortened < president n., with subsequent alteration after rex n.¹ Compare earlier pres. n.²

U.S. colloquial. Now rare.

(A title for) the president of a college. Hence: any president, as of America, a society, a corporation, etc.

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society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > head of college

master1389

rector1434

provost1442

president1448

head1550

head of house1570

sub-rector1629

skull1721

prex1828

prexy1871

1828 Yankee (Portland, Maine) 16 July 232/1 Our Prex says this: You surely miss [etc.].

1862 Mem. Hamilton Coll. 154 Prex Backus was a jovial Prex, The roughest, kindest of his sex.

1906 N.Y. Evening Post 11 June 6 If the various unpopular ‘Prexes’ would study the grounds of their unpopularity.

1989 M. Moffatt Coming of Age in New Jersey iii. 131/2 What did you think of the Prex? Fine old gentleman, isn't he?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prex
释义	prexn. Brit. /prɛks/, U.S. /prɛks/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: president n. Etymology: Shortened < president n., with subsequent alteration after rex n.¹ Compare earlier pres. n.² U.S. colloquial. Now rare. (A title for) the president of a college. Hence: any president, as of America, a society, a corporation, etc. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > head of college master1389 rector1434 provost1442 president1448 head1550 head of house1570 sub-rector1629 skull1721 prex1828 prexy1871 1828 Yankee (Portland, Maine) 16 July 232/1 Our Prex says this: You surely miss [etc.]. 1862 Mem. Hamilton Coll. 154 Prex Backus was a jovial Prex, The roughest, kindest of his sex. 1906 N.Y. Evening Post 11 June 6 If the various unpopular ‘Prexes’ would study the grounds of their unpopularity. 1989 M. Moffatt Coming of Age in New Jersey iii. 131/2 What did you think of the Prex? Fine old gentleman, isn't he? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828
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