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prexy

American  
[prek-see] / ˈprɛk si /
Also prex

noun

Slang.

plural

prexies
  1. a president, especially of a college or university.


Etymology

Origin of prexy

1855–60; prex (by shortening and alteration of president ) + -y 2

Example Sentences

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Beans Reardon on hand to see that nobody threw out the first umpire, and Babe Herman there to make sure nobody jammed up third base… former Coliseum prexy Jim Smith…

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 1958

In the hope of a squib for his column, however, O'Hara sat down after getting the lather off his chin and wrote a letter asking what the Senator thought of the new prexy.

From Time Magazine Archive

To Smith's girls, impatient to see their new prexy, Dr. Neilson last week reported that after considering 100 candidates the trustees had elected Mr. Davis "very enthusiastically."

From Time Magazine Archive

Twice as good for a prexy too, Eisenhower is the man for you.

From Time Magazine Archive

Or, possibly, prexy Wallington, under whom he had worked while taking his doctor's degree.

From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Reynolds, Mack