provost

See also Provost

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Medieval Latin prōpositus, from Latin praepositus (“placed in front”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈprɒvəst/, X-SAMPA: /"prQv@st/
• (US) IPA: /ˈproʊvoʊst /, /ˈprɑːvəst/

Noun

provost (plural provosts)

1. (Scottish local government) The equivalent of mayor in some Scottish cities.
2. (higher education) A senior academic administrator; sometimes called the Vice-President of Academic Affairs.
3. (religion) The highest position in a monastery below an abbot.
4. A prison keeper, especially in the military.

Derived terms

• Lord Provost
• Provost Marshall

Translations

equivalent of mayor in some Scottish cities

• Japanese: 市長 (ja) (shichō)

• Polish: prowost (pl) m

senior academic administrator in higher education

• Greek: κοσμήτορας (el) (cosmítoras) m
• Japanese: (Europe) 学長 (ja) (gakuchō), 学寮長 (ja) (gakuryōchō); (Canada, Japan, US) 教務部長 (ja) (kyōmu-buchō)

• Russian: ректор (ru) (réktor) m, декан (ru) (dekán) m

highest position in a monastery below an abbot

• Japanese: (Catholic) 司祭 (ja) (shisai); (Protestant) 教区長 (ja) (kyōku-chō)

• Polish: prepozyt (pl) m

military prison keeper

• Portuguese: preboste (pt)

• Spanish: preboste (es)

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• Mandarin: 大學學院長, 大学学院长 (dàxué xuéyuàn zhǎng)
• French: principal (fr) m
• German: Provost (de) m

• Korean: 사무장 (samujang)
• Spanish: preboste (es) m