Provost
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Provost
Noun
- One placed in charge: a head, a chief, particularly: A dean: the head of a cathedral chapter. The head of various other ecclesiastical bodies, even muezzins. The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia. The head of various colleges and universities. A ruler. 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.
- A dean: the head of a cathedral chapter.
- The head of various other ecclesiastical bodies, even muezzins.
- The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia.
- The head of various colleges and universities.
Verb
- 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."
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