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provost sergeant

[ proh-voh ]

noun

Military.
  1. the senior noncommissioned officer of a prison or other confinement facility whose chief duty is the supervision of prisoners and of the military police unit.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of provost sergeant1

First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences

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THE provost sergeant at Fort Robinson is a man who has seen and heard a great deal in the course of his army life, and who has the enviable faculty of knowing everything that is going on around him, without appearing to know anything at all.

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It was the provost sergeant from Fort Robinson.

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Two more witnesses were examined that afternoon—the provost sergeant and Captain Charlton.

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"Just see where they are at noon then, and let me know," and the provost sergeant went his way, leaving the officers in consultation.

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"There is," said Digby, speaking with great precision, "an unfortunate man at this moment incarcerated in the cell behind the guard-room, under the stern keeping of the Provost Sergeant I hope that way of saying it satisfies you, Miss Davis."

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