provost

provost
[ˈprɒvəst]
noun

(Brit.)the head of certain university colleges, especially at Oxford or Cambridge, and public schools
(英)（尤指牛津、剑桥大学学院的）院长；（公立学校的）校长
■(N. Amer.)a senior administrative officer in certain universities
(北美)大学高级行政人员
Scottish term for mayor
(苏格兰)。同 mayor
the head of a chapter in a cathedral
（大教堂的）教士长
■the Protestant minister of the principal church of a town or district in Germany and certain other European countries
（基督教新教在德国等欧洲国家）负责城市（或地区）主要教堂的牧师
Dutch
■(historical)the head of a Christian community
(史)基督教教区的负责人
short for provost marshal
provost marshal 的简称
(historical)the chief magistrate of a French or other European town
(史)（法国等欧洲国家的）镇长

派生
provostship
noun
语源

late 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' (see praepostor)

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