provost
noun/ˈprɒvəst/
/ˈprəʊvəʊst/
(also Provost)
- (in the UK) the person in charge of a college at some universitiesTopics Educationc2
- (in the US) a senior official who manages the affairs of some colleges and universities
- (in Scotland) the head of a council in some towns, cities and districts compare mayor see also Lord Provost
- the head of a group of priests belonging to a particular cathedral
Word Originlate Old English profost ‘head of a chapter, prior’, reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French provost, from medieval Latin propositus, synonym of Latin praepositus ‘head, chief’, past participle of praeponere ‘set over’, from prae ‘ahead’ + ponere ‘to place’.
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