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prepositor

American

[pree-poz-i-ter] / priˈpɒz ɪ tər /

Also prepostor

noun

praepostor.

prepositor British

/ priːˈpɒstə, priːˈpɒzɪtə /

noun

rare a prefect in any of certain public schools

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Etymology

Origin of prepositor

C16: from Latin praepositus placed before

Example Sentences

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Dedicated to President Roosevelt, "repositor of the great naval tradition of the United States," most of Author Pratt's 496-page book celebrates the U. S. Navy in action.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even the old pine had acquired the villainous air of the uncanny repositor of secrets too dreadful to reveal, as it groaned and murmured to itself in the keen east wind.

From A Strange Disappearance by Green, Anna Katharine

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