provost

noun

/ˈprɒvəst/

/ˈprəʊvəʊst/

(also Provost)

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(in the UK) the person in charge of a college at some universitiesTopics Educationc2
(in the US) a senior official who manages the affairs of some colleges and universities
(in Scotland) the head of a council in some towns, cities and districts compare mayor see also Lord Provost
the head of a group of priests belonging to a particular cathedral

Word Originlate Old English profost ‘head of a chapter, prior’, reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French provost, from medieval Latin propositus, synonym of Latin praepositus ‘head, chief’, past participle of praeponere ‘set over’, from prae ‘ahead’ + ponere ‘to place’.

单词	provost
释义	provost noun /ˈprɒvəst/ /ˈprəʊvəʊst/ (also Provost) jump to other results (in the UK) the person in charge of a college at some universitiesTopics Educationc2 (in the US) a senior official who manages the affairs of some colleges and universities (in Scotland) the head of a council in some towns, cities and districts compare mayor see also Lord Provost the head of a group of priests belonging to a particular cathedral Word Originlate Old English profost ‘head of a chapter, prior’, reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French provost, from medieval Latin propositus, synonym of Latin praepositus ‘head, chief’, past participle of praeponere ‘set over’, from prae ‘ahead’ + ponere ‘to place’.
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