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provost Definition


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provost
noun
    1. The head of some university colleges.
    2a. In Scotland: the chief councillor of a district council;
    2b. formerly
      In Scotland: the chief magistrate of a burgh.
    3. The senior cleric in a cathedral or collegiate church.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon profost: influenced by Latin propositus placed at the head.



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