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provost noun

  /pɹəʊˈvəʊ/ , /ˈpɹoʊvoʊst/ , /ˈpɹɑvəst/ , /ˈpɹɒvɒst/ , /ˈpɹɒvəst/
  • (religion) The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia.
  • A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries.
  • (US, higher education) A senior deputy administrator; a vice-president of academic affairs.
  • (religion, historical) A prior: an abbot's second-in-command.
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