PROVOST MARSHAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does provost marshal mean? 

• PROVOST MARSHAL (noun)
  The noun PROVOST MARSHAL has 1 sense:

1. the supervisor of the military police

  Familiarity information: PROVOST MARSHAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROVOST MARSHAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The supervisor of the military police

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("provost marshal" is a kind of...):

military policeman; MP (a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)