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prexy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpɹɛksi/

Etymology

From earlier prex + -y.

Meanings

1. (slang) A president, especially of a college or university.
   • Stanford University's new president, angered by what he calls a "journalistic atrocity," wants student financial support withdrawn from the Stanford Daily. 1970, "Stanford prexy asks cut in paper support", (Ellensburg, Washington) Daily Record (UPI), 8 October 1970, vol. 70, no. 238, p. 3 //news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=19701008&id=LJpaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jksDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5140,393692
   • Irving Green, prexy of Mercury Records, described the development and perfection of stereo as “a man-sized job.” 1957 December 30, Ren Grevatt, “Concensus Tabs Stereo Disk Still in Research Stage: Diskery and Phono Toppers Sound Tempering Notes of Caution”, in Billboard, page 43:

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