prexyn.

Brit.

/ˈprɛksi/, U.S.

/ˈprɛksi/

Forms: 1800s– prexy, 1900s– prexie.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prex n., -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < prex n. + -y suffix⁶.

U.S. colloquial.

(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

1871 L. H. Bagg Four Years at Yale 655 The title ‘Prex’..is oftener used alone to designate him [sc. the President] among the Seniors, the modified form of ‘Prexy’ is somewhat in vogue, in familiar talk.

1891 Iowa Citizen 12 June 9/3 The President receives a long effusion from Silas Hezekiah Nerswett, who informs the ‘Prexie’ he will go to school and board with him.

1905 N.Y. Evening Post 1 Sept. 7 Scores of entering classes are lined up in chapel to listen to good advice from the dean or ‘Prexie’.

1906 N.Y. Times 4 Nov. 12/5 T is for Teddy [sc. Theodore Roosevelt], Serene Highness and Deus Machine. Pulls all the strings While puppets do things. Prexy is all to the keen.

1929 Publishers' Weekly 22 June 2859/1 Professor Charles E. Merriam..has hobnobbed with politicians as well as prexies.

1974 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 13 Oct. c. 13/1 While the NHL is controlled basically by the board of governors..the silver~haired prexy still wields a powerful stick when it comes to meting out fines and suspensions.

2005 Variety 31 Jan. 10 ‘It's going to be a weird transitional year’, says Focus co-prexy and Berlin regular David Linde.

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

单词	prexy
释义	prexyn. Brit. /ˈprɛksi/, U.S. /ˈprɛksi/ Forms: 1800s– prexy, 1900s– prexie. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prex n., -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < prex n. + -y suffix⁶. U.S. colloquial. (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 1871 L. H. Bagg Four Years at Yale 655 The title ‘Prex’..is oftener used alone to designate him [sc. the President] among the Seniors, the modified form of ‘Prexy’ is somewhat in vogue, in familiar talk. 1891 Iowa Citizen 12 June 9/3 The President receives a long effusion from Silas Hezekiah Nerswett, who informs the ‘Prexie’ he will go to school and board with him. 1905 N.Y. Evening Post 1 Sept. 7 Scores of entering classes are lined up in chapel to listen to good advice from the dean or ‘Prexie’. 1906 N.Y. Times 4 Nov. 12/5 T is for Teddy [sc. Theodore Roosevelt], Serene Highness and Deus Machine. Pulls all the strings While puppets do things. Prexy is all to the keen. 1929 Publishers' Weekly 22 June 2859/1 Professor Charles E. Merriam..has hobnobbed with politicians as well as prexies. 1974 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 13 Oct. c. 13/1 While the NHL is controlled basically by the board of governors..the silver~haired prexy still wields a powerful stick when it comes to meting out fines and suspensions. 2005 Variety 31 Jan. 10 ‘It's going to be a weird transitional year’, says Focus co-prexy and Berlin regular David Linde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871
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