Prefects

That night in second hall Rudd called a prefects 'meeting to discuss the affair. ❋ Alec Waugh (1939)

"And now -- I'll be decent, Carson -- you sneak back with her kisses" (not for nothing had Beetle perused the later poets) "hot on your lips and call prefects 'meetings, which aren't prefects' meetings, to uphold the honor of the Sixth." ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

"Then cut along and call a prefects 'meeting," said McTurk, knowing ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

Flint's showin 'King has called the prefects names enough to justify ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

He had the direct and sole nomination of the members of the general administration, of those of the departmental and municipal councils, and of the administrators, afterwards called prefects and sub-prefects. ❋ John Holland Rose (1898)

Provincial leaders (called prefects) and councilors, like mayors, city councilors, and rural parish boards, are directly elected.

Our prefects were a big pain in the butt as they co-operated with teachers to make our stay in school as painful as possible but it worked. ❋ Prousette (2009)

The governors (known as prefects in Bolivia) of the lowlands provinces (departments) of Santa Cruz in the east, Beni in the northeast, Pando in the north, and Tarija and Chuquisaca to the south have made this one of the key demands in their opposition to Morales. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Almost immediately he dispatched handpicked "prefects" to take over the authority of locally appointed officials, a blow to democracy criticized even by many of his Western admirers. ❋ English, Robert (2008)

The interesting thing is that Le Monde printed it, and that it makes undeniable references to hidden statistics, and to the pressures on government officials, such as prefects, to grant amnesty without too much delay. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Well, dash it all then, all you've got to do is to call a prefects 'meeting, and he'll get ten times worse beans from them than he'd have got from you. ❋ Unknown (1928)

"Well, sir, if the Head sees fit to call a prefects 'meeting we are bound to take the matter up. ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

The elections didn't take place in an acceptable manner, and certain prefects and deputies intimidated the population to vote for their ruler Sassou. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After preaching both in the east and west, he gained the illustrious reputation due to his faith, having taught righteousness to the whole world, and come to the extreme limit of the west, and suffered martyrdom under the prefects. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They smiled sportingly and hardly emitted a peep as he stripped them of their seats in the Federation Council and associated parliamentary immunity, sent presidential prefects to watch over them, cut their share of budget revenues from 54 percent in 1999 to 35 percent in 2005, and finally abolished popular elections for their posts. ❋ Daniel Treisman (2011)

At Winchester it was ordained that eighteen of the older boys, called prefects, would “oversee their fellows, and from time to time certify the masters of their behavior and progress in study.” ❋ Unknown (2010)