prexy

English

Etymology

From earlier prex +‎ -y.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛksi/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛksi

Homophone: prexie

Noun

prexy (plural prexies)

  1. (slang) A president, especially of a college or university.
    • 1957 December 30, Ren Grevatt, “Concensus Tabs Stereo Disk Still in Research Stage: Diskery and Phono Toppers Sound Tempering Notes of Caution”, in Billboard, page 43:
      Irving Green, prexy of Mercury Records, described the development and perfection of stereo as “a man-sized job.”
    • 1970, "Stanford prexy asks cut in paper support", (Ellensburg, Washington) Daily Record (UPI), 8 October 1970, vol. 70, no. 238, p. 3
      Stanford University's new president, angered by what he calls a "journalistic atrocity," wants student financial support withdrawn from the Stanford Daily.

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