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   provost

   /ˈprɒvəst/

   noun

   • 1. the head of certain university colleges, especially at Oxford or Cambridge, and public schools. British
   • ▪ a senior administrative officer in certain universities. North American
   • 2. (in Scotland) the civic head of some regional Scottish councils, analogous to a mayor in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
   • 3. the head of a chapter in a cathedral.
   • ▪ the Protestant minister of the principal church of a town or district in Germany and certain other European countries.
   • ▪ the head of a Christian community. historical
   • 4. short for provost marshal
   • 5. the chief magistrate of a French or other European town. historical

   Word Origin late Old Englishprofost ‘head of a chapter, prior’, reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French provost, from medieval Latin propositus, synonym of Latin praepositus ‘head, chief’ (see praepostor).

   Derivatives

   • 1. provostship noun

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