"Provost" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
The principal magistrate of a royal burgh in Scotland; also a governing oflicer of a university or college
The keeper of a prison.
A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over,
something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the
provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other
cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost
or head of certain collegiate churches.
But if you were investigating a crime,” said Lady Swaffham, “you’d have to begin by the usual things, I suppose — finding out what the person had been doing, and who’d been to call, and looking for a motive, wouldn’t you?”“Oh, yes,” said Lord Peter, “but most of us have such dozens of motives for murderin’ all sorts of inoffensive people. There’s lots of people I’d like to murder, wouldn’t you?”“Heaps,” said Lady Swaffham.
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One day there were two boys playing by a stream. One of the young boys saw a bush and went over to it and the other boy couldn't figure out why his friend was at the bush so long. The other boy went over to the bush and looked. The two boys were looking at a woman bathing naked in the steam. All of a sudden the second boy took off running. The first boy couldn't understand why he ran away so he took off after his friend. Finally, he caught up to him and asked why he ran away. The boy said to his friend, "My mom told me if I ever saw a naked lady I would turn to stone, and I felt something getting hard, so I ran."
The office or dignity of a provost; a provostship.
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