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praepostors

praepostors is the plural of praepostor.

Meaning of praepostor

Noun

praepostor (plural praepostors)

  1. (UK) 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

Questions about praepostors

What is praepostors the plural of?
Praepostors is the plural of praepostor.

Words near praepostors in the dictionary

  1. praepositors
  2. praepositus
  3. praeposituses
  4. praepostor
  5. praepostorial
  6. praepostors
  7. praeprandial
  8. praeprandials
  9. praepubes
  10. praepubis
  11. praepuce

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