Definitions for provost

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provost pro·vost

Spelling: [proh-vohst, prov-uh st or, esp. in military usage,

IPA: /ˈproʊ voʊst, ˈprɒv əst or, esp. in military usage, ˈproʊ voʊ/

Provost is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 138 anagrams from letters in provost (ooprstv).

Definitions for provost

noun

1. a person appointed to superintend or preside.
2. an administrative officer in any of various colleges and universities who holds high rank and is concerned with the curriculum, faculty appointments, etc.
3. Ecclesiastical. the chief dignitary of a cathedral or collegiate church.
4. the steward or bailiff of a medieval manor or an officer of a medieval administrative district.
5. the mayor of a municipality in Scotland.
6. Obsolete. a prison warden.

Origin of provost

before 900; Middle English; Old English profost Medieval Latin prōpositus abbot, prior, provost, literally, (one) placed before, Latin: past participle of prōpōnere. See p

Examples for provost

provost was tall, his silvery hair was blown about, and he had a droll face.

It was provost, my first professor, who had come to encourage me.

The UCL president and provost, Professor Malcolm Grant is “deeply saddened by these events.”

And then another woman insisted I was the provost of a small university in Southern Florida.

The provost's men are beating the country for the blackguard.

"Nor will it be taken," the provost insisted, with an assurance that carried conviction.

"Well, you needn't pay any heed to the provost, need you," Mr. Quinn retorted.

provost heard my "cue" on the stage, and pushed me gently forward.

Previously, she was the president of the University of Pennsylvania and provost of Yale University.

As Stanford provost, Rice dismissed, on budgetary grounds, a popular Latina administrator.