单词 | provost |
释义 | Word Frequency provost(ˈprɒvəst) noun 1. an appointed person who superintends or presides 2. the head of certain university colleges or schools 3. (in Scotland) the chairperson and civic head of certain district councils or (formerly) of a burgh council Compare convener (sense 2)4. Church of England the senior dignitary of one of the more recent cathedral foundations 5. Roman Catholic Church a. the head of a cathedral chapter in England and some other countries b. (formerly) the member of a monastic community second in authority under the abbot 6. (in medieval times) an overseer, steward, or bailiff in a manor 7. obsolete a prison warder 8. (prəˈvəʊ) British and Canadian military a military policeman or policewoman Word origin Old English profost head of a chapter, reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French provost, from Medieval Latin prōpositus, synonym of Latin praepositus chief, head |
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