prepositor
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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.