Any of various military or naval officers concerned with discipline and the arrest, custody, or punishment of offenders, whose precise duties and…
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > officer in charge of discipline or prisoners (6) provost marshal1535 Any of various military or naval officers concerned with discipline and the arrest, custody, or punishment of offenders, whose precise duties and… provost1590 Military. An officer of the military police in a garrison, camp, or the field; a member of the military police. In later use sometimes short for provo… marshala1599 An officer responsible for public order; cf. provost marshal, n. Obsolete. provost sergeant1825 a sergeant of the military police (cf. sense 5b). Jack1854 slang. A policeman or detective; (Australian) a military policeman. Cf. John, n. 3. Now chiefly historical. Subcategories:— position of (1) |
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