preboste — meaning in English
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English meaning
- provost noun A senior official who heads a university, college, or cathedral chapter.
Senses
preboste is used for these senses in English:
- provost 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.
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.