provost

One placed in charge: a head, a chief

A senior deputy, a superintendent

(US) A senior deputy administrator; a vice-president of academic affairs.

(historical) A prior: an abbot's second-in-command.

(historical) A steward or seneschal: a medieval agent given management of a feudal estate or charged with collecting fees.

(historical) Any manager or overseer in a medieval or early modern context.

(historical) An assistant fencing master.

The head of various other ecclesiastical bodies, even (rare, obsolete) muezzins.

The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia.

(UK) The head of various colleges and universities.

A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries.

(historical) A dean: the head of a cathedral chapter.

An officer of the military police, particularly provost marshal or provost sergeant.

(historical) A constable: a medieval or early modern official charged with arresting, holding, and punishing criminals.

(no longer used) A title of the archangel Michael.

(no longer used) A viceroy.

(no longer used) A governor.

(no longer used) A reeve.

(no longer used) A ruler.

(no longer used) The head of various Roman offices, such as prefect and praetor.

(slang, no longer used) A provost cell: a military cell or prison.

(slang, no longer used) To be delivered to a provost marshal for punishment.