Provost
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Provost is from the Latin praepositus ("set over", from praeponere, "to place in front"). It may mean:
- Definitions
- Provost (business), a Victor of the institution
- Provost (religion), a high ranking church official
- Provost (education), a senior academic administrator
- Provost (civil), an officer of local government, including the equivalent of a mayor in Scotland
- Lord Provost, the equivalent of a Lord Mayor in Scotland
- Provost (martial arts), a ranking that was second only to Master in Renaissance England
- Provost (Military Police): Military police responsible for policing within the armed forces, as opposed to military police service which are Gendarmeries
- Provost Marshal, an officer in charge of military police
- Provost sergeant, a sergeant in charge of regimental police in the British and Commonwealth armies
- Places
- Provost, Alberta, a town in Alberta, Canada
- Provost, Virginia, a village in Powhatan County, Virginia, United States
- People
- Glen John Provost, Bishop of Lake Charles, Louisiana
- James Charles Provost British Admiral
- Percival Provost and BAC Jet Provost, British training aircraft
- Jan Provost (Provoost), Dutch painter
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