# Pres

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'''Pres''' may refer to:
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==Abbreviations==
*[President](/source/President_(disambiguation))
*[Pressure](/source/Pressure)
*[Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian)
*Pres, glossing abbreviation for the [present tense](/source/present_tense)

==Acronyms==
*[Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome](/source/Posterior_reversible_encephalopathy_syndrome) (PRES)
*[French centers for research and higher education](/source/P%C3%B4le_de_recherche_et_d'enseignement_sup%C3%A9rieur) (''Pôles de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur'')

==People==
* "Pres" or "Prez", nickname for American jazz tenor saxophonist [Lester Young](/source/Lester_Young) (1909–1959)
* [J. Presper Eckert](/source/J._Presper_Eckert) (1919–1995) American electrical engineer and computer pioneer
* [Pres Nimes Ekwona](/source/Pres_Nimes_Ekwona) (born 1948), Nauruan politician
* Presnell [Pres Mull](/source/Pres_Mull) (1922–2005), American college football player and head coach
* Priscillano [Pres Romanillos](/source/Pres_Romanillos) (1963–2010), Hollywood animator
* Preston [Pres Slack](/source/Pres_Slack) (1908–1993), American National Basketball Association player

==Other uses==
*Pres Dillard, male lead character in the 1938 film ''[Jezebel](/source/Jezebel_(1938_film))'', played by Henry Fonda
*[Presentation Brothers College, Cork](/source/Presentation_Brothers_College%2C_Cork), colloquially known as Pres

== See also ==
*[Les Prés](/source/Les_Pr%C3%A9s), a commune in France
*[Terrence Des Pres](/source/Terrence_Des_Pres) (1939–1987), American writer and Holocaust scholar
*[Josette du Pres](/source/Josette_du_Pres), a fictional character in the TV series ''Dark Shadows''
*[Leo du Pres](/source/Leo_du_Pres), a fictional character in the soap opera ''All My Children''
*[Prez (disambiguation)](/source/Prez_(disambiguation))

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