- (n.) The keeper of a prison.
- (n.) A person who is appointed to superintend or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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