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n. A university administrator of high rank.

n. The highest official in certain cathedrals or collegiate churches.

n. The keeper of a prison.

n. The chief magistrate of certain Scottish cities.

n. The equivalent of mayor in some Scottish cities.

n. A senior academic administrator; sometimes called the Vice-President of Academic Affairs.

n. The highest position in a monastery below an abbot.

n. A prison keeper, especially in the military.

n. A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns

n. The keeper of a prison.

n. One who is appointed to superintend or preside over something; the chief or head of certain bodies.

n. The keeper of a prison; a chief jailer.

n. Formerly, one holding a position in the English schools of fence higher than that of scholar and lower than that of master.

n. A temporary prison in which the military police confine prisoners until they are disposed of.

n. In the navy, an officer who is charged with the safe-keeping of a prisoner, pending his trial by a court martial, and who is responsible for his production before the court whenever his presence is required.

n. a high-ranking university administrator

"At present the chief dignity of a chapter is usually styled dean, though in some countries, as in England, the term provost is applied to him."

academic administrator   

provost sergeant    provost marshal    Lord Provost    Provost Marshall   

chamberlain    chancellor    marshal    treasurer    justiciary    000-square-foot    sidemen    eminem    turnkey    farm-bailiff