Prevost

Common synonyms include: prévost, old prevost, old prévost, shawbridge, vieux prevost, vieux-prévost.

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Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname from French.
"Though Prevost spent much of his life outside the United States – particularly in Peru, where he also holds a passport – his selection nonetheless upended the longstanding belief that the church would not add the papacy to the United States’ already enormous global influence."
2
Synonym of Old Prevost: A district, a former municipality of Prévost, Rivière-du-Nord county, Quebec, Canada; across the river from Shawbridge in Prévost
3
A municipality of the county of Rivière-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada, composed of Old Prevost and Shawbridge

"Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, of American and Peruvian nationality, has just been elected Pope and will adopt the name Leo XIV (08.05.2025)."

Borrowed from French Prévost.

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