kaymakam vs provost

kaymakam

noun
  • An Ottoman official who acted as grand vizier and governor of Constantinople during any absence or illness of the incumbent. 

  • Synonym of sanjakbey during the mid-19th century. 

  • A lieutenant colonel in the Ottoman or early Turkish army, replaced by the rank of yarbay. 

  • An Ottoman official who acted as beylerbey of Egypt between regular appointments. 

  • An Ottoman official who acted as hospodar of Moldavia or Wallachia during any absence or illness of the incumbent. 

  • An Ottoman official who oversaw a kaza during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; similar positions in Ottoman successor states. 

  • A local administrator in Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Iraq, and Lebanon. 

provost

noun
  • Any manager or overseer in a medieval or early modern context. 

  • The head of various other ecclesiastical bodies, even (rare, obsolete) muezzins. 

  • A dean: the head of a cathedral chapter. 

  • A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries. 

  • A steward or seneschal: a medieval agent given management of a feudal estate or charged with collecting fees; (obsolete, sometimes as ~ of Paradise or ~ of Heaven) a title of the archangel Michael. 

  • The head of various colleges and universities. 

  • The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia. 

  • A constable: a medieval or early modern official charged with arresting, holding, and punishing criminals. 

  • An officer of the military police, particularly provost marshal or provost sergeant. 

  • An assistant fencing master. 

  • A senior deputy administrator; a vice-president of academic affairs. 

  • A prior: an abbot's second-in-command. 

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