Hyphenation of prefect

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word prefect? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pre-fect

Definitions of prefect:

1.	A chief officer or chief magistrate The prefect of Paris police

Synonyms of prefect:

noun	administrator, executive

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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