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prexy

American  
[prek-see] / ˈprɛk si /
Also prex

noun

Slang.
prexies plural
  1. a president, especially of a college or university.


Etymology

Origin of prexy

1855–60; prex (by shortening and alteration of president ) + -y 2

Example Sentences

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Beans Reardon on hand to see that nobody threw out the first umpire, and Babe Herman there to make sure nobody jammed up third base… former Coliseum prexy Jim Smith…

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 1958

Twice as good for a prexy too, Eisenhower is the man for you.

From Time Magazine Archive

No Ph.D., he became university comptroller at 29, prexy at 38.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the hope of a squib for his column, however, O'Hara sat down after getting the lather off his chin and wrote a letter asking what the Senator thought of the new prexy.

From Time Magazine Archive

News from the village rarely gets in here unless we bring it, and it would be a shame to worry prexy with that sort of thing.

From Jane Allen, Junior by Bancroft, Edith

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