prévôt — meaning in English
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English meaning
- provost noun A senior official who heads a university, college, or cathedral chapter.
Senses
prévôt is used for these senses in English:
- provost (UK, military, _, slang, obsolete) A provost cell: a military cell or prison.
provost — full definition
- noun A senior official who heads a university, college, or cathedral chapter.
- noun A senior military police officer, as in "provost marshal."
- noun Historically, a mayor or chief magistrate of a town, especially in Scotland.
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