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Provost is from the Latin praepositus ("set over", from praeponere, "to place in front"). It may mean: Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

Provost (religion), a church official.
Provost (education), a senior academic administrator.
Provost (civil), an officer of local government, including the equivalent of a mayor in Scotland.
Lord Provost, the equivalent of a Lord Mayor in Scotland.
Provost (martial arts), a ranking that was second only to Master in Renaissance England.
A generic term for military police.
Provost Marshal, an officer in charge of military police.
Provost sergeant, a sergeant in charge of regimental police in the British and Commonwealth armies.
Percival Provost and BAC Jet Provost, British training aircraft.

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Category: Disambiguation Provost (through O. Fr. ... This article is about the higher education title of provost. ... A provost (introduced into Scots from French) was the leader of a Scottish burgh council, the equivalent of a mayor in other parts of the English-speaking world. ... A Lord Provost is the Scottish equivalent of a Lord Mayor. ... In the London-based Corporation of Masters of the Noble Science of Defence, or Company of Masters, Provost was the third of four ranks, the others being Scholar, Free Scholar, and Master. ... Military police (MPs) are the police of a military organization, generally concerning themselves with law enforcement and security. ... The Provost Marshal is the officer in the armed forces who is in charge of the military police (often called the provost). ... In the British Army and land forces of the Commonwealth, a Provost Sergeant (PS) is the non-commissioned officer in charge of the regimental police and is the senior law enforcement officer in each regiment or battalion. ... The Hunting Percival (later BAC) Jet Provost was a jet-powered training aircraft used by the RAF from 1955 to 1993. ...

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	As the chief academic and chief budgetary officer of the University, under the President, the Provost is responsible for long-range planning and for the coordination of the administrative and support functions of the University with its academic purposes.
	The Provost normally meets with the Executive Committee of the Council and is its presiding officer in the absence of the President, and the Provost is chair ex officio of the Council's Committee on Priorities.

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