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provost marshal

[ proh-voh ]

noun

  1. Army. an officer on the staff of a commander, charged with the maintaining of order and with other police functions within a command.
  2. Navy. an officer charged with the safekeeping of a prisoner pending trial by court-martial.


provost marshal

/ prəˈvəʊ /

noun

  1. the officer in charge of military police and thus responsible for military discipline in a large camp, area, or city
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of provost marshal1

First recorded in 1525–35
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Example Sentences

A provost marshal enters the incident into a military database that puts the FBI on notice so it can enter the name into a background list of people prevented from buying weapons.

Gen. Duane Miller, who as deputy provost marshal general is the Army’s No. 2 law enforcement official.

It launched a provost marshal position to help find any dishonorable soldiers the Guard may not be aware of, the news station reported.

An Army provost marshal clashes with a detective over a murder at the San Francisco military base.

He spent much of his Army career as a military police officer and was provost marshal at West Point from 1952 to 1955.

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