praepostor

[ pree-pos-ter ]

noun

1. a senior student at an English public school who is given authority over other students.

Other Words From

• prae·pos·to·ri·al [pree-po-, stawr, -ee-, uh, l, -, stohr, -], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of praepostor¹

From the Medieval Latin word praepositor, dating back to 1510–20. See prae-, posit, -tor

Example Sentences

At the age of sixteen, he was in the Sixth Form, and not merely a Praepostor, but head of the School House.

From Project Gutenberg

Every boy in the Sixth Form became ipso facto a Praepostor, with powers extending over every department of school life; and the Sixth Form as a body was erected into an authority responsible to the headmaster, and to the headmaster alone, for the internal management of the school.

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He found the Praepostor a mere disciplinary convenience, and he converted him into an organ of government.

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At one of the most famous public schools, a praepostor, or monitor, or sixth-form boy having authority, heard a pistol-shot in the room above his own. 

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