Lord Provost

noun

The civic head of certain cities in Scotland, having a role similar to that of mayor.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounLord Provost (plural Lord Provosts or Lords Provost)

plural Lord Provosts · plural Lords Provost

  1. The civic head of certain cities in Scotland, having a role similar to that of mayor.

    There is growing local pressure for electrification to Gourock, and at the end of May the Lord Provost of Glasgow summoned a conference of local authorities and MPs to discuss prospects, […].

    1964 July, “News and Comment: Electrification to Gourock”, in Modern Railways, page 15

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
lord mayormayor
Cite this entry
APA

Lord Provost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lord%20Provost

MLA

“Lord Provost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lord%20Provost. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lord Provost,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lord%20Provost.

Source: Lord Provost on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.