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Definition of provost marshal - 2 dictionary results

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.

Origin:
1525–35
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pro·vost marshal   (prō'vō)   
n.  The head of a unit of military police.
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