A prévôt was a governmental position of varying importance in Ancien Régime France, typically referring to a civil officer, magistrate, head of cathedral or church, often anglicised as provost.
Provosts are military police whose duties are policing solely within the armed forces of a country, as opposed to gendarmerie duties in the civilian population.
In the 16th-century, London-based Corporation of Masters of the Noble Science of Defence Provost was the third of four ranks, the others being Scholar, Free Scholar, and Master.
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