prepositor

English

Alternative forms

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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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