a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority, or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative ...
prefect · (in some British schools) an older student with some authority over younger students and some other responsibilities and advantagesTopics Educationc2, ...
In the context of schools, a prefect is a pupil who has been given certain responsibilities in the school, similar to the responsibilities given to a hall ...