title: Provost
text: # Provost
  
  Provost may refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Provost (name), a surname
  
  ## Officials
  
  ### Government
  
  * Provost (civil), an officer of local government, including the equivalent of a mayor in Scotland
  * Lord provost, the equivalent of a lord mayor in Scotland
  
  ### Military
  
  * Provost (military police), military police responsible for policing within the armed forces
  * Provost marshal, an officer in charge of military police
  * Provost Marshal General, commander of the military police in the United States
  * Provost sergeant, a sergeant in charge of regimental police in Commonwealth armies
  
  ### Religion
  
  * Provost (religion), a high-ranking church official
  * Prince-provost, a high-ranking church official
  
  ### Other fields
  
  * Provost (education), a senior academic administrator within certain higher education institutions
  * Provost (martial arts), a ranking that was second only to master in Renaissance England
  
  ## Aircraft
  
  * BAC Jet Provost, a British training aircraft
  * Percival Provost, British training aircraft
  
  ## Geography
  
  * Municipal District of Provost No. 52, a municipal district in Alberta, Canada
  * Provost, Alberta, a town in Alberta, Canada
     * Provost Airport
  * Provost, Virginia, a village in Powhatan County, Virginia, United States
  * Provost Avenue, Bronx, NY, the origin of New York State Route 22
  * Stour Provost, a village in Dorset, England
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Arthur Provost Three-Decker, a historic building in Massachusetts, United States
  * Provost Academy South Carolina, a virtual public charter school in South Carolina, United States
  