prévôt

See also: Prévot and prevost

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French prevost, inherited from Latin praepositus (“[one] placed in command”). Compare French préposé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁe.vo/

• Audio:

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Noun

prévôt m (plural prévôts)

1. (religion) provost
2. provost marshal

Further reading

• “prévôt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.