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[ proh -vohst, prov -uh st or, especially in military usage, proh -voh ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈproʊ voʊst, ˈprɒv əst or, especially in military usage, ˈproʊ voʊ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a person appointed to superintend or preside.
an administrative officer in any of various colleges and universities who holds high rank and is concerned with the curriculum, faculty appointments, etc.
Ecclesiastical . the chief dignitary of a cathedral or collegiate church.
the steward or bailiff of a medieval manor or an officer of a medieval administrative district.
the mayor of a municipality in Scotland.
Obsolete . a prison warden.
Origin of provost before 900; Middle English; Old English profost <Medieval Latin prōpositus abbot, prior, provost, literally, (one) placed before, Latin: past participle of prōpōnere. See pro-1 , posit
OTHER WORDS FROM provost pro·vost·ship, noun Words nearby provost provocation, provocative, provoke, provoking, provolone, provost , provost court, provost guard, provost marshal, provost sergeant, prow
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Example sentences from the Web for provost Previously, she was the president of the University of Pennsylvania and provost of Yale University.
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As Stanford provost , Rice dismissed, on budgetary grounds, a popular Latina administrator.
Growing Up Condi | Stephen L. Carter| October 11, 2010| DAILY BEAST
The UCL president and provost , Professor Malcolm Grant is “deeply saddened by these events.”
My Classmate, the Plane Bomber | Venetia Thompson| December 30, 2009| DAILY BEAST
And then another woman insisted I was the provost of a small university in Southern Florida.
Jane Lynch on Playing Meryl Streep's Sister | Marshall Heyman| August 6, 2009| DAILY BEAST
Let us to our provost , and demand his countenance and assistance.
The Fair Maid of Perth | Sir Walter Scott
What would the Provost have thought and said, had he lived to see an edition of them in ten volumes 4to.
Nuts to crack; or Quips, quirks, anecdote and facete of Oxford and Cambridge Scholars | Richard Gooch
The Provost Marshal and I steer between them as blandly as we can.
Army Life in a Black Regiment | Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Some day, perhaps, we shall have a lady presiding as provost over one of our great universities.
Lalage's Lovers | George A. Birmingham
These unpleasant reflections were, however, not confined to the officer in command of the provost guard.
Under the Stars and Bars | Walter A. Clark
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British Dictionary definitions for provost noun an appointed person who superintends or presides
the head of certain university colleges or schools
(in Scotland) the chairman and civic head of certain district councils or (formerly) of a burgh council Compare convener (def. 2)
Church of England the senior dignitary of one of the more recent cathedral foundations
RC Church the head of a cathedral chapter in England and some other countries (formerly) the member of a monastic community second in authority under the abbot (in medieval times) an overseer, steward, or bailiff in a manor
obsolete a prison warder
(prəˈvəʊ ) British and Canadian military a military policeman
SEE MORE SEE LESS Word Origin for provost Old English profost, from Medieval Latin prōpositus placed at the head (of), from Latin praepōnere to place first, from prae- before + pōnere to put
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