English-Finnish translations for prefect

• prefekti
  Italialainen prefekti Achille Serra korosti asiaa muutama viikko sitten selonteossaan Italian parlamentille. This was highlighted a few months ago in the report by the Italian Prefect Mr Serra to the Italian Parliament.
  Jopa lapset joutuvat todistamaan tätä raakaa näkyä. Tällä hetkellä Bukarestin prefekti vaatii muutosta Romanian parlamentin muuttamaan lakiin ja vaatii lopettamaan kulkukoirat. At the moment, the prefect of Bucharest is requesting an amendment to a law amended by the Romanian Parliament, calling for the elimination of stray dogs.
  Toissapäivänä Ala-Reinin prefekti näki sen vaivan, että soitti minulle henkilökohtaisesti kiistääkseen järjestelmällisesti näiden uhkien todenperäisyyden. On Monday, the prefect of the Bas Rhin department called me personally in order to tell me that he formally denied that these threats had been made.
• valvojaoppilas

Definition of prefect

• An official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc
• The head of a department in France
• A school pupil in a position of power over other pupils

Examples

• the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, or of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperors person

Related words

• prefecture
• prefectural
• subprefect
• subprefecture
• prefecture|Prefecture
• Kyoto Prefecture
• Nagasaki Prefecture
• Nara Prefecture
• Niigata Prefecture