provost

noun

1. (historical)One placed in charge: a head, a chief
2. One placed in charge: a head, a chief
3. One placed in charge: a head, a chief
4. (UK)One placed in charge: a head, a chief
5. (obsolete)One placed in charge: a head, a chief
6. One placed in charge: a head, a chief

   “The repairs were completed in the summer of last year, more than ten months after the line had been closed, and the branch was re-opened on June 29, when Mr. T. F. Cameron, Chief Regional Officer, Scottish Region, received Provost J. S. Collin, of Eyemouth, at the station. The 12.42. p.m. train to Burnmouth was signalled out of the station by the Provost, after he had been introduced to the crew.”

7. (historical)A senior deputy, a superintendent
8. (US)A senior deputy, a superintendent

   “The provost of the University of Massachusetts has reversed a decision by faculty personnel committees not to renew the contracts of two professors engaged in sex research.”

   “The princess, already a serious and diligent child, was given lessons on constitutional matters by Sir Henry Marten, the provost of Eton, and became aware even then that she should not show emotion and must maintain a certain reserve.”

9. (historical)A senior deputy, a superintendent
10. (obsolete, sometimes)A senior deputy, a superintendent
11. (historical)A senior deputy, a superintendent
12. (obsolete)A senior deputy, a superintendent
13. (obsolete)A senior deputy, a superintendent
14. (obsolete)A senior deputy, a superintendent
15. (obsolete)A senior deputy, a superintendent
16. (historical)A senior deputy, a superintendent

    “Here comes Signor Claudio, led by the provost to prison;”

17. A senior deputy, a superintendent
18. (historical)A senior deputy, a superintendent
19. (UK, obsolete, slang)A provost cell: a military cell or prison.

verb

1. (UK, obsolete, slang, transitive)To be delivered to a provost marshal for punishment.

   “Around the time of the Rebellions of 1837 and the First Anglo-Afghan War, British servicemen spoke of being provosted.”

name

1. A surname originating as an occupation for a provost.