præpostor
præpostor is the archaic form of praepostor.
Meaning of praepostor
Noun
praepostor (plural praepostors)
- a prefect in some public schools
- He rose, always in spite of himself, into the Doctor’s form, and for the last two years or so of his time was among the præpostors, though he never rose into the upper half of them.1873–1884 (date written), Samuel Butler, chapter XLIV, in R[ichard] A[lexander] Streatfeild, editor, The Way of All Flesh, London: Grant Richards, published 1903, →OCLC, page 195
Forms of præpostor
| plural | præpostors |
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Questions about præpostor
- What is præpostor the archaic form of?
- Præpostor is the archaic form of praepostor.
Words near præpostor in the dictionary
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