prez n.
1. a president, whether of a college or organization, or America itself.
![]() | in Secret and Sacred; The Diaries of James Henry Hammond (1988) 277: They nominated (John C.) Beckinridge (of Kentucky) for Pres. | |
![]() | Isis (Oxford) 8 June 35/2: Only the Pres. of the J.C.R. and the Captain of the Eleven retain their equanimity [OED]. | |
![]() | Hickman Ciurier (KY) 21 Oct. 11/1: Pres. Taft’s Address. | |
![]() | Day Book (Chicago) 2 Mar. 31/1: Pres. Wilson’s privately appointed embassy. | |
![]() | TAD Lex. (1993) 44: (O[outdoor] S[ports]: Giving the up and down to the pres. of the local anti-saloon league as he moseys by with a suspicious looking bundle) Well — here’s to crime. | in Zwilling|
![]() | On Broadway 29 Oct. [synd. col.] Wm Paley, prez of the Columbia chain. | |
![]() | Show Biz from Vaude to Video 571: Prez – president. | |
![]() | Corner Boy 114: You’re the Pres of the T’s now, Scotty. | |
![]() | Down These Mean Streets (1970) 49: Where I come from, the pres is president ’cause he got heart when it comes to dealing. | |
![]() | Blue Movie (1974) 10: Les Harrison — handsome, forty-three-year-old vice-prez of Metropolitan pix. | |
![]() | (con. 1950s) Night People 92: They are like the Pres and Vice-Pres of Paris. | |
![]() | Blood Brothers 237: ‘The poor guy thought he was still livin’ in a Jewish-Italian neighbordhood.’ ‘Yeah, an’ Roosevelt’s still the Prez.’. | |
![]() | Flyboy in the Buttermilk (1992) 106: They refused to broadcast it live on cable out of fear it might embarrass the Prez. | ‘The GOP Throws a Mammy-Jammy’ in|
![]() | Homeboy 3: Sugarfoot was prez of the Ventura chapter of Satan’s Slaves. | |
![]() | I, Fatty 116: Prez Zukor sat on the dais with Jesse Lasky and Marcus Loew. | |
![]() | (con. 1962) Enchanters 50: She blew the prez [...] on Air Force One. |
2. (US black) an important, influential individual [note tenor saxophonist Lester Young (1909–59) was so nicknamed by Billie Holiday].
![]() | N.Y. Age 26 Apr. 9/7: They say the pres. took offense and grabbed his shotgun for defense. | ‘Observation Post’ in|
![]() | Black Jargon in White America 76: prez n. an acknowledged leader or power figure, often of a gang. |
3. a term of address, genuinely respectful or ironic.
![]() | Corner Boy 77: What’s happening, Pres. | |
![]() | Chosen Few (1966) 9: ‘Yeah, prez,’ one of the big ones said. | |
![]() | Carlito’s Way 71: Don’t mess with Hoppy, pres, I’m a sick man. |