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.