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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pro•vost /ˈproʊvoʊst, ˈprɑvəst/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Educationa high-ranking administrative officer of some colleges and universities.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pro•vost (prō′vōst, prov′əst or, esp. in military usage, prō′vō),USA pronunciation n. - a person appointed to superintend or preside.
- Educationan administrative officer in any of various colleges and universities who holds high rank and is concerned with the curriculum, faculty appointments, etc.
- Religion[Eccles.]the chief dignitary of a cathedral or collegiate church.
- Medieval History, World Historythe steward or bailiff of a medieval manor or an officer of a medieval administrative district.
- Governmentthe mayor of a municipality in Scotland.
- [Obs.]a prison warden.
- Medieval Latin prōpositus abbot, prior, provost, literally, (one) placed before, Latin: past participle of prōpōnere. See pro-1, posit
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English profost
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: provost /ˈprɒvəst/ n - the head of certain university colleges or schools
- (in Scotland) the chairman and civic head of certain district councils or (formerly) of a burgh council
Compare convener - the senior dignitary of one of the more recent cathedral foundations
- the head of a cathedral chapter in England and some other countries
- (formerly) the member of a monastic community second in authority under the abbot
- (in medieval times) an overseer, steward, or bailiff in a manor
Etymology: Old English profost, from Medieval Latin prōpositus placed at the head (of), from Latin praepōnere to place first, from prae- before + pōnere to put |