The prefect of Paris police. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This role as social prefect is an intolerable burden. From Wordnik.com. [IPCC To Investigate Barwell Deaths « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
He's called the prefect of the pontifical household. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 4, 2005] Reference
Michael and Brother Michael answered and called the prefect sir. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man] Reference
The prefect is another descendant of Fenardre the Great who would emulate his ancestor. From Wordnik.com. [The White Order]
The prefect spoke to Brother Michael and Brother Michael answered and called the prefect sir. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man]
A prefect is a governor appointed by the state to oversee the administration of each département. From Wordnik.com. [The Osterley Times] Reference
The prefect was the father of her second son Emile; the whole town knew this, old Blondet himself knew it. From Wordnik.com. [The Jealousies of a Country Town] Reference
But you will remember that this happened in the Marconi period, and to be a prefect is a Preparation for Public Life. From Wordnik.com. [Surprised by Joy]
The prefect was the arbiter of what was allowed and what was not allowed, an enforcer of rules, a catcher of mistakes. From Wordnik.com. [justinker Diary Entry] Reference
The prefect is the enemy of the good. From Wordnik.com. [Parking as Far as the Eye Can See « PubliCola] Reference
I would say that this is about as "prefect" as you're going to get. From Wordnik.com. [CHE > Latest news] Reference
Also, please note that spell checkers don't pick up on "prefect" for "perfect.". From Wordnik.com. [WordPress.com News] Reference
"Gentlemen," called the prefect, rising to his feet, "the King! the rightful ruler of France!. From Wordnik.com. [Eve and David] Reference
"The viscount and the prefect are our allies and supporters, yet they avoid keeping their promises. From Wordnik.com. [Colors of Chaos]
I left out the word "prefect" because that might not be obtainable but within a 10th or 2 is certainly doable. From Wordnik.com. [All Discussion Groups: Message List - root] Reference
The father of St. Ambrose was for some time prefect of. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Sub-prefect, may say in answer to what I shall ask him. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The prefect does not shrink from any way of fighting us. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
On his return he was nominated prefect of the department of the. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
5 May 2002 (next to be held NA 2007); prefect appointed by the. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Her methods were opaque, but her success so far had been prefect. From Wordnik.com. [The Dadaist] Reference
Monsieur our sub-prefect is a devotee to the government, as it is his duty to be. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
They're not prefect, they've got some challenges in the future there's no doubt about that. From Wordnik.com. [Top US Military Official Says Iraq Drawdown on Track] Reference
It couldn't have been a more prefect shot if it had been planned by rocket scientists at Nasa. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 2] Reference
"One of my guys found out that an Afro pick is the prefect tool for removing hops," he chuckles. From Wordnik.com. [Beer: The pursuit of hoppiness] Reference
They had made repeated, respectful, and earnest applications to the prefect of the department of. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Opening a shop on Sundays without asking a mayor or a prefect for an exemption is inviting a fine. From Wordnik.com. [No Rest for the Weary] Reference
The prefect ... marched upon the offending village at the head of three hundred regular troops. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
He made his court to the wife of the prefect, sufficiently to flatter the functionary without disquieting the husband. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The whole business was confirmed by Tobasco, the police spy, who secured the letter and gave it to the prefect of police. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Nihilist or, Young America in Russia] Reference
Liberty or life was nothing to him so long as he could make a point with the prefect of police and secure unsuspected game. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Nihilist or, Young America in Russia] Reference
The town is the seat of a sub-prefect, and the public institutions include a tribunal of first instance and a communal college. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Tell that to your sovereign, Monsieur Sub-prefect; say to him that if he do that, there is one old French heart that will bless him. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Nancy, brought up in the traditions of York Hill, felt that it was almost sacrilegious to question the authority of a senior prefect. From Wordnik.com. [Judy of York Hill] Reference
The prefect returned to Ochrida with forty or fifty prisoners, kept them in gaol for three or four days, and then released them all. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
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