Provost
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Provost is from the Latin praepositus ("set over", from praeponere, "to place in front"). It may mean:
- Provost (religion), a high ranking church official.
- Provost (education), a senior academic administrator.
- Provost (civil), an officer of local government, including the equivalent of a mayor in Scotland.
- Lord Provost, the equivalent of a Lord Mayor in Scotland.
- Provost (martial arts), a ranking that was second only to Master in Renaissance England.
- A generic term for military police.
- Provost Marshal, an officer in charge of military police.
- Provost sergeant, a sergeant in charge of regimental police in the British and Commonwealth armies.
- Provost, Alberta, a town in Alberta, Canada.
- Provost, Virginia, a village in Powhatan County, Virginia, United States
- Percival Provost and BAC Jet Provost, British training aircraft.
