Definition of "prexy" [prexy]

• Slang A president, especially of a college or university. (noun)

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• "Cinematographer Daryn Okada, former three-term prexy of the ASC, said: "I think that the company, from the top down now, is being very responsive to filmmakers."
• "The press conference, heavily attended by employees who were ordered to attend by their employers, was teed up by Century City Chamber of Commerce prexy Susan Bursk."
• "“We (started to) prepared the ‘Avatar’ 4D ride last summer,” says Tom Oh, prexy of 20th Century Fox Korea."