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(provosts) 1. In some university colleges in Britain, the provost is the head. N-COUNT 2. 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. N-COUNT 3. A provost is the chief magistrate of a Scottish administrative area. N-COUNT 4. In the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches, a provost is the person who is in charge of the administration of a cathedral. N-COUNT
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English profost & Anglo-French ~, from Medieval Latin propositus, alteration of praepositus, from Latin, one in charge, director, from past participle of praeponere to place at the head — more at preposition Date: before 12th century 1. the chief dignitary of a collegiate or cathedral chapter 2. the chief magistrate of a Scottish burgh 3. the keeper of a prison 4. a high-ranking university administrative officer ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 Brit. the head of some colleges esp. at Oxford or Cambridge. 2 Eccl. a the head of a chapter in a cathedral. b hist. the head of a religious community. 3 Sc. the head of a municipal corporation or burgh. 4 the Protestant minister of the principal church of a town etc. in Germany etc. 5 US a high administrative officer in a university. 6 = provost marshal. Phrases and idioms provost guard US a body of soldiers under a provost marshal. provost marshal 1 the head of military police in camp or on active service. 2 the master-at-arms of a ship in which a court-martial is to be held. Derivatives provostship n. Etymology: ME f. OE profost & AF provost, prevost f. med.L propositus for praepositus: see PRAEPOSTOR ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. образ. проректор В некоторых университетах. См. тж. president 2. начальник (отделения) военной полиции См. Military Police ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. провост, ректор (в некоторых университетских колледжах Великобритании) 2. проректор (в американских университетах) 3. шотл. провост (титул мэра) 4. церк. провост, настоятель кафедрального собора 5. начальник военной полиции 6. военный полицейский 7. ист. управляющий имением 8. уст. тюремный надзиратель ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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corps военная полиция, полевая жандармерия PROVOST marshal начальник военной полиции PROVOST prison военная тюрьма PROVOST noun 1) ректор (в некоторых английских университетских колледжах) 2) проректор (в американских университетах) 3) scot. мэр 4) eccl. настоятель кафедрального собора 5) mil. офицер военной полиции 6) attr. военно-полицейский; - provost marshal - provost prison - provost corps ...Англо-русский словарь
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also provost ~ n 1 a person in charge of a college in a British university 2 AmE an important university official 3 the leader of a Scottish town council (- compare mayor) 4 the main priest in a group of priests connected with a cathedral in Britain ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. profost, from M.L. propositus (reinforced by O.Fr. provost), from L. prжpositus "a chief, prefect," lit. "placed before, in charge of," from pp. of prжponere "put before" (see preposition). Provost marshal first recorded 1513. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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