Usually means: Senior administrative officers in universities.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. provosts: Merriam-Webster
  2. provosts: Collins English Dictionary
  3. provosts: Vocabulary.com
  4. Provost's, Provosts, provost's, provosts: Wordnik
  5. provosts: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. provosts: Wiktionary
  7. provosts: Dictionary.com
  8. provosts: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. provosts: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. provosts: Legal dictionary

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  1. provosts: Encyclopedia

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  1. provosts: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Provost)

noun:  One placed in charge: a head, a chief, particularly:
noun:  (religion, historical) A dean: the head of a cathedral chapter.
noun:  (religion) The head of various other ecclesiastical bodies, even (rare, obsolete) muezzins.
noun:  (religion) The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia.
noun:  (UK, higher education) The head of various colleges and universities.
noun:  (obsolete) A ruler.
noun:  A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries.
noun:  A senior deputy, a superintendent, particularly:
noun:  (religion, historical) A prior: an abbot's second-in-command.
noun:  (US, higher education) A senior deputy administrator; a vice-president of academic affairs.
noun:  (historical) A steward or seneschal: a medieval agent given management of a feudal estate or charged with collecting fees.
noun:  (obsolete, sometimes as ~ of Paradise or ~ of Heaven) A title of the archangel Michael.
noun:  (historical) Any manager or overseer in a medieval or early modern context.
noun:  (obsolete) A viceroy.
noun:  (obsolete) A governor.
noun:  (obsolete) A reeve.
noun:  (obsolete) The head of various Roman offices, such as prefect and praetor.
noun:  (historical) A constable: a medieval or early modern official charged with arresting, holding, and punishing criminals.
noun:  (military) An officer of the military police, particularly provost marshal or provost sergeant.
noun:  (fencing, historical) An assistant fencing master.
noun:  (UK, military slang, obsolete) A provost cell: a military cell or prison.
verb:  (UK, transitive, used in passive, obsolete, military slang) To be delivered to a provost marshal for punishment.
noun:  A surname originating as an occupation for a provost.
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