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1. Oxford Dictionary

   provost

   • IPA[ˈprɒvəst]

   英式

   • n.
     the head of certain university colleges, especially at Oxford or Cambridge, and public schools.；a senior administrative officer in certain universities.

   • noun: provost, plural noun: provosts

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. British the head of certain university colleges, especially at Oxford or Cambridge, and public schools.
   • ▪ North American a senior administrative officer in certain universities.
   • 2. (in Scotland) the civic head of some regional Scottish councils, analogous to a mayor in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
   • 3. the head of a chapter in a cathedral.
   • ▪ the Protestant minister of the principal church of a town or district in Germany and certain other European countries.
   • ▪ historical the head of a Christian community.
   • 4. short for provost marshal
   • 5. historical the chief magistrate of a French or other European town.