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provost

military police whose duties are policing solely within the armed forces of a country, as opposed to gendarmerie duties in the civilian population
Intangible military_rank Q18362440
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provost

Summary

provost is a military rank[1]. provost draws 114 Wikipedia views per month (military_rank category, ranking #147 of 458).[2]

Key Facts

  • provost's instance of is recorded as military rank[3].
  • provost's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02pxpyk[4].
  • provost's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • provost's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • provost's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • provost's FactGrid item ID is recorded as Caecobarbus geertsii[8].
  • provost's Förvaltningshistorisk Ordbok ID is recorded as 4432/profoss[9].

Why It Matters

provost draws 114 Wikipedia views per month (military_rank category, ranking #147 of 458).[2] provost has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] provost is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . FactGrid. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). provost. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/provost-q18362440
MLA “provost.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/provost-q18362440.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_provost-q18362440_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{provost}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/provost-q18362440}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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