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provost
- IPA[ˈprɒvəst]
英式
- the head of certain university colleges, especially at Oxford or Cambridge, and public schools.;a senior administrative officer in certain universities.
noun: provost, plural noun: provosts
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名詞
- 1. British the head of certain university colleges, especially at Oxford or Cambridge, and public schools.
- ▪ North American a senior administrative officer in certain universities.
- 2. (in Scotland) the civic head of some regional Scottish councils, analogous to a mayor in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
- 3. the head of a chapter in a cathedral.
- ▪ the Protestant minister of the principal church of a town or district in Germany and certain other European countries.
- ▪ historical the head of a Christian community.
- 4. short for provost marshal
- 5. historical the chief magistrate of a French or other European town.