provost [proh-vohst, prov-uhst or, especially in military usage, proh-voh] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
provost [proh-vohst, prov-uhst or, especially in military usage, proh-voh]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: administrator
Synonyms: chief, director, executive, head, jailer, keeper, magistrate, officer, official, supervisor
Example Sentences
  • One professor who has also been a provost urges the two sides of the campus to work together.
  • He and the university provost have been embroiled in a particularly acrimonious dispute.
  • He did not earn a doctorate, did not teach or publish research and was never a department chairman or dean or provost.
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