"provost" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Ancien français]

  1. Variante de prevost. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: prevost
    Sense id: fr-provost-fro-noun-lO0XREjF Categories (other): Exemples en ancien français, Exemples en ancien français à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: provost

Noun [Anglais]

IPA: pɹɒvəst, pɹɒvəst Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Usmaan (Middle river exports)-provost.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-provost.wav Forms: provosts [plural]
  1. Principal.
    Sense id: fr-provost-en-noun-07TxuL9m Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
  2. Maire, bourgmestre.
    Sense id: fr-provost-en-noun-gwNatIoJ Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Anglais d’Écosse
  3. Prévôt, doyen du chapitre d'une cathédrale ou d'une collégiale.
    Sense id: fr-provost-en-noun-ZYxqTOuk Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Religieux en anglais Topics: religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: provostship

Inflected forms

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