prévôt
See also: prevost
French
Etymology
From Old French prevost, inherited from Latin praepositus (“[one] placed in command”). Compare French préposé.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁe.vo/
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Noun
prévôt m (plural prévôts)
- (religion) provost
- provost marshal
Further reading
- “prévôt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.