prepositor

English

Alternative forms

• præpositor (archaic)
• prepostor

Etymology

Conjunction of pre- +‎ posit and suffixed with ‐or, from Latin praepositus.

Noun

prepositor (plural prepositors)

1. (education, chiefly historical) A scholar appointed to inspect other scholars; a monitor or prefect.

References

• “prepositor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.