provost

provost
provost [prō′vōst΄, präv′əst; ] esp. in military use [ prō′vō΄]
n.
[ME < OE profost & OFr provost, both < ML propositus, for L praepositus, chief, prefect, orig. pp. of praeponere, to set before, place first < prae-, before + ponere, to place: see PRE- & POSITION]
1. a superintendent; official in charge
2. the chief magistrate of a Scottish burgh
3. Obs. a jailer
4. Eccles. the head of a cathedral chapter or principal church
5. Educ.
a) the head of any of certain colleges in the British Isles
☆ b) in certain American universities, an administrative official dealing chiefly with faculty, curriculum, etc.
provostship
n.

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