provost

Etymology
From, from late , , from , variant of. In some senses, via ; via Anglo-Norman and (modern 🇨🇬). As a Central European ecclesiastical office, via, , etc.

Noun

 * 1) One placed in charge: a head, a chief, particularly:
 * 2)  A dean: the head of a cathedral chapter.
 * 3)  The head of various other ecclesiastical bodies, even  muezzins.
 * 4)  The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia.
 * 5)  The head of various colleges and universities.
 * 6)  A ruler.
 * 7) A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly  the head of a burgh or  the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or  other Continental European countries.
 * 8) A senior deputy, a superintendent, particularly:
 * 9)  A prior: an abbot's second-in-command.
 * 10)  A senior deputy administrator; a vice-president of academic affairs.
 * 11)  A steward or seneschal: a medieval agent given management of a feudal estate or charged with collecting fees.
 * 12)   the archangel Michael.
 * 13)  Any manager or overseer in a medieval or early modern context.
 * 14)  A viceroy.
 * 15)  A governor.
 * 16)  A reeve.
 * 17)  The head of various Roman offices, such as prefect and praetor.
 * 18)  A constable: a medieval or early modern official charged with arresting, holding, and punishing criminals.
 * 19)  An officer of the military police, particularly provost marshal or provost sergeant.
 * 20)  An assistant fencing master.
 * 21)  A provost cell: a military cell or prison.
 * 1)  An officer of the military police, particularly provost marshal or provost sergeant.
 * 2)  An assistant fencing master.
 * 3)  A provost cell: a military cell or prison.
 * 1)  A provost cell: a military cell or prison.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

 * provostal
 * provostorial
 * provostal
 * provostorial
 * provostorial

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: ლორდ-მერი,, პროვოსტი
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish: prowost


 * Bulgarian: ре́ктор
 * Finnish: provosti
 * Georgian: რექტორი, პრორექტორი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, 学寮長;  教務部長
 * Latin: praepositus
 * Portuguese: pró-reitor
 * Russian: ,


 * Danish: provst
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: provosti
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ;  教区長
 * Latin: praepositus
 * Polish: prepozyt
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * French:
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: preboste


 * German:
 * Korean:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To be delivered to a provost marshal for punishment.
 * Around the time of the Rebellions of 1837 and the First Anglo-Afghan War, British servicemen spoke of being provosted.