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单词 provostship
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pro•vost /ˈproʊvoʊst, ˈprɑvəst/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Educationa high-ranking administrative officer of some colleges and universities.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pro•vost  (prōvōst, provəst or, esp. in military usage, prōvō),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person appointed to superintend or preside.
  2. Educationan administrative officer in any of various colleges and universities who holds high rank and is concerned with the curriculum, faculty appointments, etc.
  3. Religion[Eccles.]the chief dignitary of a cathedral or collegiate church.
  4. Medieval History, World Historythe steward or bailiff of a medieval manor or an officer of a medieval administrative district.
  5. Governmentthe mayor of a municipality in Scotland.
  6. [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
provost•ship′, n. 

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