prexy

English

Etymology

From earlier prex +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛksi/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛksi

Homophone: prexie

Noun

prexy (plural prexies)

1. (slang) A president, especially of a college or university.
   • 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:

     Irving Green, prexy of Mercury Records, described the development and perfection of stereo as “a man-sized job.”

   • 1970, "Stanford prexy asks cut in paper support", (Ellensburg, Washington) Daily Record (UPI), 8 October 1970, vol. 70, no. 238, p. 3 [1]

     Stanford University's new president, angered by what he calls a "journalistic atrocity," wants student financial support withdrawn from the Stanford Daily.

Anagrams

• Pyrex, pyrex