prepresidential

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adjective

Of or pertaining to the period before a person's ascent to the presidency of a country

OriginEnglish presidential ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

adjectiveprepresidential (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to the period before a person's ascent to the presidency of a country

    President Nixon made a gift of prepresidential papers to the government just in time for a substantial deduction on his income tax return for 1968.

    1973 December 10, George Lardner, Jr., “Earlier Nixon Deduction for Gift Disclosed”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishpresidential
  10. Englishprepresidential

From pre- + presidential.

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APA

prepresidential. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepresidential

MLA

“prepresidential.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepresidential. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prepresidential,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepresidential.

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