prepositor
English
editAlternative forms
edit- præpositor (archaic)
- prepostor
Etymology
editConjunction of pre- + posit and suffixed with ‐or, from Latin praepositus.
Noun
editprepositor (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.