A chief, president, superintendent, ruler, manager, or overseer, in religious, military, educational, and secular settings. An officer charged wtih apprehending, imprisoning, and punishing miscreants.
"Among the apprehenders, the chief are called Provosts, and they of old had power to hang vagabonds."
Fynes Moryson, An Itinerary (1617).
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