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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
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