Any of various military or naval officers concerned with discipline and the arrest, custody, or punishment of offenders, whose precise duties and…

Military. An officer of the military police in a garrison, camp, or the field; a member of the military police. In later use sometimes short for provo…

In British or Commonwealth contexts. An officer who supervises the custody or punishment of (military) offenders. Cf. provost marshal, n. 1. Obsolete.

a sergeant of the military police (cf. sense 5b).

slang. A policeman or detective; (Australian) a military policeman. Cf. John, n. 3. Now chiefly historical.

(a man who is) a member of a military police force.

military police(man).

A person who wears a red cap. British Military slang. A member of the military police.

slang. An American military policeman; hence, any military policeman.