provost
see also: Provost
Pronunciation
Provost
Proper noun
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see also: Provost
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈpɹɒvəst/, /ˈpɹɒvɒst/
(As military police) IPA: /pɹəʊˈvəʊ/ - (America) IPA: /ˈpɹoʊvoʊst/, /ˈpɹɑvəst/
provost (plural provosts)
- One placed in charge: a head, a chief, particularly:
- (religion, historical) A dean: the head of a cathedral chapter.
- (religion) The head of various other ecclesiastical bodies, even (rare, obsolete) muezzins.
- (religion) The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia.
- (UK, higher education) The head of various colleges and universities.
- (obsolete) A ruler.
- A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries.
- A senior deputy, a superintendent, particularly:
- (religion, historical) A prior: an abbot's second-in-command.
- (US, higher education) A senior deputy administrator; a vice-president of academic affairs.
- (historical) A steward or seneschal: a medieval agent given management of a feudal estate or charged with collecting fees; (obsolete, sometimes as ~ of Paradise or ~ of Heaven) a title of the archangel Michael.
- (historical) Any manager or overseer in a medieval or early modern context.
- (obsolete) A viceroy.
- (obsolete) A governor.
- (obsolete) A reeve.
- (obsolete) Various Roman offices, as prefect and praetor.
- (historical) A constable: a medieval or early modern official charged with arresting, holding, and punishing criminals.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure, for Measure, Act I, Scene ii, Line 113:
- Here comes Signor Claudio, led by the provost
to prison;
- Here comes Signor Claudio, led by the provost
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure, for Measure, Act I, Scene ii, Line 113:
- (military) An officer of the military police, particularly provost marshal or provost sergeant.
- (fencing, historical) An assistant fencing master.
- (UK, military slang, obsolete) A provost cell: a military cell or prison.
- (head of cathedral chapter) See dean
- (head of a university or college) president, dean
- (head of a realm or state) See Thesaurus:ruler
- (head of a town) See mayor
- (head of various specific bodies) prepositus
- (deputy overseeing medieval estates or fees) See steward
- (deputy to a king or emperor) See viceroy
- (deputy overseeing a province) See governor
- (reeve) See reeve
- (Roman officials) See prefect and praetor
- (deputy overseeing medieval law enforcement; military police) See Thesaurus:police officer
provost (provosts, present participle provosting; past and past participle provosted)
- (UK, transitive, used in passive, obsolete, military slang) To be delivered to a provost marshal for punishment.
- Around the time of the Rebellions of 1837 and the First Anglo-Afghan War, British servicemen spoke of being provosted.
Provost
Proper noun
- Surname for a provost.
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