prepositor
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- præpositor (archaic)
- prepostor
Etymology edit
Conjunction of pre- + posit and suffixed with ‐or, from Latin praepositus.
Noun edit
prepositor (plural prepositors)
- (education, chiefly historical) A scholar appointed to inspect other scholars; a monitor or prefect.
References edit
- “prepositor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.