1. The keeper of a prison.

2. A person appointed to superintend or preside over something; the head of a college; in Scotland, a chief magistrate. Lord-provost, the chief magistrate of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Perth. Provost-marshal, an officer appointed to preserve order and discipline in the army; on who has charge of prisoners.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• prosist,
• privot,
• provs,
• provat,
• provds,
• provoce,
• provert,
• propost,
• procist,
• provode,
• promist,
• promest,
• promoste,
• projest,
• profest,
• profot,
• provote,
• provit,
• provess,
• profist

• proboscis,
• provoke,
• propositus,
• prevision,
• provoker,
• proposed,
• previous,
• provoked,
• propst,
• probst,
• provisory,
• proposer,
• proposal,
• provision,
• previse,
• provoking,
• propose,
• prepose,
• prevost,
• Provos,
• previously,
• proviso.

The adjective form of the word "provost" is "provostial".

The plural of the "provost" can be the "provosts".

The singular of the "provost" can be the "provost".