prexy

Also prex

[prek-see]

noun

Slang.

plural

prexies 

1. a president, especially of a college or university.

Word History and Origins

Origin of prexy¹

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

Example Sentences

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…

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Or, possibly, prexy Wallington, under whom he had worked while taking his doctor's degree.

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I shake thy hand, New prexy of our well-known land.

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"Well, dear old prexy did his best to comply."

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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.

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