ALL meanings of provost
pro·vost
P p - noun provost the steward or bailiff of a medieval manor or an officer of a medieval administrative district. 1
- noun provost the mayor of a municipality in Scotland. 1
- noun provost Obsolete. a prison warden. 1
- noun provost university administrator 1
- noun provost a person appointed to superintend or preside. 1
- noun provost an administrative officer in any of various colleges and universities who holds high rank and is concerned with the curriculum, faculty appointments, etc. 1
- noun provost Ecclesiastical. the chief dignitary of a cathedral or collegiate church. 1
- countable noun provost In some university colleges in Britain, the provost is the head. 0
- countable noun provost In some colleges and universities in the United States, a provost is an official who deals with matters such as the teaching staff and the courses of study. 0
- countable noun provost A provost is the chief magistrate of a Scottish administrative area. 0
- countable noun provost In the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches, a provost is the person who is in charge of the administration of a cathedral. 0
- noun provost an appointed person who superintends or presides 0
- noun provost the head of certain university colleges or schools 0
- noun provost (in Scotland) the chairman and civic head of certain district councils or (formerly) of a burgh council 0
- noun provost the senior dignitary of one of the more recent cathedral foundations 0
- noun provost the head of a cathedral chapter in England and some other countries 0
- noun provost (formerly) the member of a monastic community second in authority under the abbot 0
- noun provost (in medieval times) an overseer, steward, or bailiff in a manor 0
- noun provost a prison warder 0
- noun provost a military policeman 0
- noun provost a superintendent; official in charge 0
- noun provost the chief magistrate of a Scottish burgh 0
- noun provost a jailer 0
- noun provost the head of a cathedral chapter or principal church 0
- noun provost the head of any of certain colleges in the British Isles 0
- noun provost in certain American universities, an administrative official dealing chiefly with faculty, curriculum, etc. 0