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In Search of Lost Time [volume 1] vocabulary
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prefect
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Definition:a government authority or administration official
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The pediment of the town hall had been hung with garlands of ivy; a tent had been erected in a meadow for the banquet; and in the middle of the Place, in front of the church, a kind of bombarde was to announce the arrival of the prefect and the names of the successful farmers who had obtained prizes.
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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“Can’t stay long, Mother,” he said. “I’m up front, the prefects have got two compartments to themselves —”
“Oh, are you a prefect, Percy?”
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