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PROVOST GUARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does provost guard mean?
• PROVOST GUARD (noun)
The noun PROVOST GUARD has 1 sense:
1. a detachment under the command of a provost marshall
Familiarity information: PROVOST GUARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A detachment under the command of a provost marshall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("provost guard" is a kind of...):
detachment (a small unit of troops of special composition)
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