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• provo
  provo

  noun

  a Dutch or German political agitator, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
• Provo
  Provo

  noun

  a city in central Utah.

provo

¹ American  

[proh-voh] / ˈproʊ voʊ /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

provos plural

1. a Dutch or German political agitator, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Provo ² American  

[proh-voh] / ˈproʊ voʊ /

noun

1. a city in central Utah.

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Provo ³ American  

[proh-voh] / ˈproʊ voʊ /

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

Provos plural

1. a member of the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army.

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Provo British  

/ ˈprəʊvəʊ /

noun

1. another name for a Provisional

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Etymology

Origin of provo¹

1965–70; shortened from French provocateur provocateur

Origin of Provo³

First recorded in 1970–75; prov(isional) + -o