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provost/ˈprɒvəst/n. 1 Brit. the head of some colleges esp. at Oxford or Cambridge [英] (尤指牛津或剑桥大学的)学院院长 2 Eccl. 【教会】a the head of a chapter in a cathedral (大教堂的)教士长 b hist. the head of a religious community [史义]宗教团体的首领 3 Sc. the head of a municipal corporation or burgh [苏格兰]市长 4 the Protestant minister of the principal church of a town etc. in Germany etc. (德国等城市新教教会的)牧师 5 US a high administrative officer in a university [美] (大学的)教务长 6 = PROVOST MARSHAL □ provostship n.[Old English profost, reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-French provost, prevost from medieval Latin propositus, for praepositus: see PRAEPOSTOR] |