Lord Provost

noun

the chief magistrate of any of certain large cities in Scotland.

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Adam Black was twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and represented the city in parliament from 1856 to 1865.
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His Edinburgh publisher; a bookseller, afterwards Lord Provost of the city.
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William Creech, bookseller and twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh, died.
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The lord-provost himself was more than suspected of being a Jacobite at heart.
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British Dictionary definitions for Lord Provost

Lord Provost

noun

the provost of one of the five major Scottish cities (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, and Perth)

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