provost
English
/ˈpɹɒvəst/, /pɹəʊˈvəʊ/, /ˈpɹoʊvoʊst/
noun
Definitions
- One placed in charge: a head, a chief, particularly:
- A senior deputy, a superintendent, particularly:
- (UK) A provost cell: a military cell or prison.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English profost derived from Latin prōpositus, praepositus (placed in command) derived from provolt derived from Old French provost derived from German Propst derived from Danish provst.
Origin
Danish
provst
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- provostal English
- provostess English
- provostial English
- provostorial English
- provostry English
- provostship English
- praepositus Latin
- prōpositus Latin
- Profoss German
- Propst German
- preposito Italian
- preposto Italian
- prévôt French
- prévôtal French
- prévôté French
- прохвост Russian
- prebostazgo Spanish, Castilian
- prost Swedish
- profost Old English
- provst Danish
- prevost Old French
- provost Old French
- prófastur Icelandic
- probost Old High German
- brobest Middle High German
- provest Middle Low German
- prōvest Middle Low German
- provolt xno