praepostor
/prɪˈpɒstə
/noun British
(At some public schools) a prefect or monitor.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from praepositor, alteration of Latin praepositus 'head, chief', past participle of praeponere 'set over', from prae 'ahead' + ponere 'to place'.
- extradition
- extrados
- extradural
- extrafamilial
- extrafloral
- extragalactic
- extra innings
- extrajudicial
- extrajudicially
- extra large
- extralegal
- extralimital
- extralinguistic
- extramarital
- extramaritally
- extramundane
- extramural
- extramurally
- extramusical
- turn someone away
- turn someone down
- turn someone in
- turn someone off
- turn someone on
- turn someone on to