prepositor

English

Alternative forms

præpositor (archaic)
prepostor

Etymology

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

Noun

prepositor (plural prepositors)

(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.

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