provost
noun
a person appointed to superintend or preside.
provosts
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pluralof provost.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This forces department chairs, deans, provosts and research vice presidents to own the veracity of every proposed publication.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
We, the authors, served as three of the five permanent or interim provosts and chief academic officers at WSU from 2008-20.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
Since news of the deal broke, he said he has met with the system chancellors, provosts, program directors and faculty senates about the acquisition.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023
The study added that between 1636 and 1834, 79 lord provosts were nominated to Glasgow Town Council, 40 of whom had connections to Atlantic slavery and others who owned enslaved people.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2022
The provostship of Paris, which comprehended functions analogous to those of prefect, mayor, and receiver-general, became a purchasable office, filled sometimes by two provosts at a time.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 by Robert Black
