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Old English · noun

profost

Normalised prōfost

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈproː.fost/
[ˈproː.vost]
Syllables
ˈproː · fost (2 syllables)
Modern English
officerprovost

Meaning

  1. officer

Declension

Declension of profost
SingularPlural
Nominative prōfostprōfostas
Accusative prōfostprōfostas
Genitive prōfostesprōfosta
Dative prōfosteprōfostum

All forms (6)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin prōpositus, variant of Latin praepositus (“[one] placed in command”)

Descendants

provost

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