Definitions for Provost
ˈproʊ voʊst, ˈprɒv əst or, esp. in military usage, ˈproʊ voʊprovost

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. provostnoun

   a high-ranking university administrator

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. provostnoun

   The equivalent of mayor in some Scottish cities.

2. provostnoun

   A senior academic administrator; sometimes called the Vice-President of Academic Affairs.

3. provostnoun

   The highest position in a monastery below an abbot.

4. provostnoun

   A prison keeper, especially in the military.

5. Etymology: From propositus, from praepositus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PROVOSTnoun

   Etymology: prafast , Sax. provost, Fr. provosto, Ital. præpositus, Lat.

   1. The chief of any body: as, the provost of a college.2. The executioner of an army.

   Kingston, provost marshal of the king’s army, was deemed not only cruel but inhuman in his executions. John Hayward.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. provost

   A provost is a senior administrative officer in educational institutions such as universities or colleges. They are typically responsible for overseeing academic affairs, curriculum and programs, faculty appointments, and sometimes student disciplinary actions. The provost role is often considered the second in command to the president or chancellor of the institution. The term may also refer to the chief magistrate or prison official in certain contexts.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Provostnoun

   a person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches

2. Provostnoun

   the keeper of a prison

3. Etymology: [OF. provost (L. prae and pro being confused), F. prevt, fr. L. praepositus placed before, a chief, fr. praeponere to place before: cf. AS. prfost, prfast. See Preposition, and cf. Propound.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Provost

   A provost is the senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States, Canada and Australia, the equivalent of a pro-vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Additionally, the heads of certain colleges in the UK and Ireland are called provosts. In this sense, a provost is the equivalent of a master at other colleges.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Provost

   prov′ost, n. the dignitary set over a cathedral or collegiate church: the head of a college: (Scotland) the chief magistrate of certain classes of burghs, answering to mayor in England: (Shak.) the keeper of a prison.—ns. Prov′ost-mar′shal (army), an officer with special powers for enforcing discipline and securing prisoners till brought to trial: (navy) an officer having charge of prisoners; Prov′ostry, a district under a provost; Prov′ostship, the office of a provost.—Lord Provost, the style of the chief magistrates of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, Aberdeen, and Dundee. [O. Fr. provost (Fr. prévôt), L. præpositus, pa.p. of præponĕre—præ, over, ponĕre, to place.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. provost

   The temporary prison in which the military police confine prisoners till they are disposed of.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PROVOST

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Provost is ranked #4062 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Provost surname appeared 8,742 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Provost.
   
   84.2% or 7,361 total occurrences were White.
   9.5% or 835 total occurrences were Black.
   2.5% or 225 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 162 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1.4% or 124 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.4% or 35 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Academic Administrator

How to pronounce Provost?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Provost in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Provost in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Provost in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Provost in a Sentence

1. Liviu Matei:

   Chasing CEU out of Hungary marked the start of a new era for Orbán, said Liviu Matei, CEU’s provost. “A line has been crossed. People are being forced out of the country. This is not restriction any more, this is repression. In Hungary, the reign of repression has been started.”

2. Max Stern:

   Only two persons could have known what happened on that fourth night, the panel chose to believe the woman, by a' preponderance of the evidence.' We believe that it defies logic and common sense that a woman would seek to re-connect and get back into bed with a man who she says forced her to have unwanted sex just hours earlier. And yet the Dean accepted this conclusion and ordered Jack Montague to be expelled. His decision was then upheld by the Provost.

3. Rick Fitzgerald:

   We believe Rob Sellers' pay is appropriate for the executive-level position he fills at U-M and it is in line with the salary of others with similar responsibilities, he is both a vice provost with duties well beyond diversity and the university's chief diversity officer.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Provost
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Provost
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Provost
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Provost
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Provost
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Provost
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html