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Definition of provost guard - 2 dictionary results

provost guard

  [proh-voh]
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–noun
a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.

Origin:
1770–80, Americanism
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pro·vost guard   (prō'vō)   
n.  A unit of military police.

[provost, military police officer + guard.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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