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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
provost
prov·ost [provost provosts] BrE [ˈprɒvəst] NAmE [ˈproʊvoʊst] (also Provost) noun
1. (in Britain) the person in charge of a college at some universities
2. (in the US) a senior member of the staff who organize the affairs of some universities
3. (in Scotland) the head of a council in some towns, cities and districts
compare ↑mayor
4. the head of a group of priests belonging to a particular ↑cathedral
Word Origin:
late Old English profost ‘head of a chapter, prior’, reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French provost, from medieval Latin propositus, synonym of Latin praepositus ‘head, chief’, past participle of praeponere ‘set over’, from prae ‘ahead’ + ponere ‘to place’.
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