provost
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
1Other words from provost
- pro·vost·ship, noun
Words Nearby provost
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How to use provost in a sentence
The filmmakers are my goddaughter Sara Ossana and her husband Mathew provost.
Previously, she was the president of the University of Pennsylvania and provost of Yale University.
As Stanford provost, Rice dismissed, on budgetary grounds, a popular Latina administrator.
Vice provost for Research Dr. David Korn, who is leading efforts to craft the policy, says it will cover all university faculty.
The UCL president and provost, Professor Malcolm Grant is “deeply saddened by these events.”
Delgado, the editor, after repeated warnings from the provost-Marshal, was at length arrested.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThe rector of Saint-Pierre-aux-Boeufs relies upon him; he is the provost of that quarter.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacThe provost and his men bade him sit upon a bench, and the man then bound his feet as he had before bound his hands.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de Balzac"Send up the provost brigade," was Grant's despatch sent to City Point.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.provost General Macy, of Massachusetts, established a guard to prevent depredations and to save the army from demoralization.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
British Dictionary definitions for provost
/ (ˈprɒvəst) /
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
Origin of provost
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