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Prevost

Prevost proper noun: a surname from French.

Proper noun (1)

Prevost (plural Prevosts)

  1. A surname from French.
    • Though Prevost spent much of his life outside the United States – particularly in Peru, where he also holds a passport – his selection nonetheless upended the longstanding belief that the church would not add the papacy to the United States’ already enormous global influence.2025 May 9, Eric Bradner, Elizabeth Wolfe, “Pope Leo XIV’s friends say he’ll continue Francis’ legacy in his own image”, in CNN

Proper noun (2)

Prevost

  1. Synonym of Old Prevost: A district, a former municipality of Prévost, Rivière-du-Nord county, Quebec, Canada; across the river from Shawbridge in Prévost
    Synonyms:
    Prévost, Vieux-Prévost, Vieux Prevost, Old Prévost, Old Prevost
  2. A municipality of the county of Rivière-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada, composed of Old Prevost and Shawbridge
    Synonyms:
    Shawbridge, Prévost

Synonyms of Prevost

Forms of Prevost

pluralPrevosts
alternative formPrévost

Origin of Prevost

Borrowed from French Prévost.

Phrases with Prevost

Questions about Prevost

What does Prevost mean?
Prevost means a surname from French.
What part of speech is Prevost?
Prevost is a proper noun.

Words near Prevost in the dictionary

  1. prevolitionally
  2. prevomer
  3. prevomerine
  4. prevomers
  5. Prevos
  6. Prevost
  7. Prevost reaction
  8. Prevost reactions
  9. Prevost's squirrel
  10. Prevost's squirrels
  11. Prevosts

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