prefect
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Substantiivi
prefect englanniksi
An official of Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.
''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 emperor's person''
(RQ:Conrad Heart of Darkness)
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The head of a department in France.
The head of a prefecture in Japan.
A commander.
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