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• Provost — Prov ost, n. [OF. provost (L. prae and pro being confused), F. prev[^o]t, fr. L. praepositus placed before, a chief, fr. praeponere to place before: cf. AS. pr[=a]fost, pr[=o]fast. See {Preposition}, and cf. {Propound}.] 1. A person who is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Provost marshal — Provost Prov ost, n. [OF. provost (L. prae and pro being confused), F. prev[^o]t, fr. L. praepositus placed before, a chief, fr. praeponere to place before: cf. AS. pr[=a]fost, pr[=o]fast. See {Preposition}, and cf. {Propound}.] 1. A person who… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• provost —    A title applied to various officials, corresponding variously to ‘prior’, ‘dean’, or in secular circumstances, to ‘chief official’, ‘mayor’, ‘chief magistrate’. The provost could also be a kind of police officer, and in Shakespeare’s Measure… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• Provost (military police) — Provosts are military police whose duties are policing solely within the Armed Forces, as opposed to Gendarmerie duties in the civilian population. However, many countries use their gendarmerie for provost duties. As with all official terms, some …   Wikipedia

• Provost's Dog — Infobox Novel series name = Provost s Dog books = Terrier Bloodhound Elkhound author = Tamora Pierce image caption = title orig = translator = illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English genre = Young adult, fantasy… …   Wikipedia

• provost — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English profost & Anglo French provost, from Medieval Latin propositus, alteration of praepositus, from Latin, one in charge, director, from past participle of praeponere to place at the head more at… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• provost — provostship, n. /proh vohst, prov euhst/ or, esp. in military usage, /proh voh/, n. 1. a person appointed to superintend or preside. 2. an administrative officer in any of various colleges and universities who holds high rank and is concerned… …   Universalium

• provost — pro•vost [[t]ˈproʊ voʊst, ˈprɒv əst[/t]] or, esp. in military usage, [[t]ˈproʊ voʊ[/t]] n. 1) a person appointed to superintend or preside 2) edu a high ranking administrative officer of some colleges and universities, concerned with the… …   From formal English to slang

• provost — noun 1. /ˈprɒvəst / (say provuhst) a person appointed to superintend or preside. 2. /ˈprɒvəst / (say provuhst) an officer in a Scottish burgh corresponding to mayor. 3. /ˈprɒvəst / (say provuhst) Ecclesiastical a. the head officer of a chapter or …  

• provost sergeant — /proh voh/, Mil. the senior noncommissioned officer of a prison or other confinement facility whose chief duty is the supervision of prisoners and of the military police unit. [1865 70] * * * …   Universalium

• provost sergeant — /proh voh/, Mil. the senior noncommissioned officer of a prison or other confinement facility whose chief duty is the supervision of prisoners and of the military police unit. [1865 70] …   Useful english dictionary