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7 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a chief officer or chief magistrate
originFrom Middle English prefect and prefecte, from Old French prefect (Mod. French préfet), from Latin praefectus (“one placed in charge, overseer, director, prefect”), from praeficere (“to place in charge”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0