Tom is the provost of Harvard University.
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Provost
//pɹəʊˈvəʊ//
Synonyms for "provost" (61 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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9 entriesderived
15 entrieshas context
11 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
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Translations
51 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- надзирател noun (military prison keeper)
- ре́ктор noun (senior academic administrator)
Danish
1 entries- provst noun (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)
Dutch
1 entries- proost noun (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)
Finnish
3 entries- pormestari noun (equivalent of mayor in some Scottish cities)
- provosti noun (senior academic administrator)
- provosti noun (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)
French
3 entries- prévôt noun (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)
- prévôt noun (military prison keeper)
- prévôte noun (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)
Georgian
4 entries- ლორდ-მერი noun (equivalent of mayor in some Scottish cities)
- მერი noun (equivalent of mayor in some Scottish cities)
- პროვოსტი noun (equivalent of mayor in some Scottish cities)
- პრორექტორი noun (senior academic administrator)
German
2 entries- Propst noun (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)
- Vorsteher noun (senior academic administrator)
Greek
1 entries- κοσμήτορας noun (senior academic administrator)
Hungarian
4 entries- perjel noun (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)
- polgármester noun (equivalent of mayor in some Scottish cities)
- prépost noun (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)
- rektor noun (senior academic administrator)
Italian
4 entries- aiutante noun (military prison keeper)
- preposto noun (senior academic administrator)
- preposto noun (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)
- prevosto noun (senior academic administrator)
Japanese
4 entries- 司祭 noun (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)
- 学寮長 noun (senior academic administrator)
- 学長 noun (senior academic administrator)
- 市長 noun (equivalent of mayor in some Scottish cities)
Latin
2 entries- praepositus noun (senior academic administrator)
- praepositus noun (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)
Polish
2 entries- prepozyt noun (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)
- prowost noun (equivalent of mayor in some Scottish cities)
Portuguese
3 entries- preboste noun (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)
- preboste noun (military prison keeper)
- pró-reitor noun (senior academic administrator)
Russian
3 entries- дека́н noun (senior academic administrator)
- пробст noun (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)
- ре́ктор noun (senior academic administrator)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- prepošt noun (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)
Spanish
4 entries- alcalde noun (equivalent of mayor in some Scottish cities)
- preboste noun (senior academic administrator)
- preboste noun (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)
- preboste noun (military prison keeper)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Is a provost like a mayor?
Source: tatoeba (12380892)
In some Scottish cities, the equivalent of a mayor is called a provost.
Source: tatoeba (12380894)
Tom emailed the provost with his complaint.
Source: tatoeba (12380898)
Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.
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