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Definition of Provost guard
1. Noun. A detachment under the command of a provost marshall.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Provost Guard
Literary usage of Provost guard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the National Capital from Its Foundation Through the Period of by Wilhelmus Bogart Bryan (1916)
"But under the rule of the provost guard the proprietors of the place where it
was charged the violation of the law took place were not only arrested, but, ..."
2. Trooper and Redskin in the Far North-West: Recollections of Life in the by John G. Donkin (1889)
"Organization of NWMP—General fatigue—Indian Summer— Cold—provost guard—Prisoners—Escape
of Sioux—The Broncho—All sorts and conditions of men—Horse-thieves— ..."
3. Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of by Arthur Richard Wellesley Wellington (1871)
"The first two are in the provost's guard, and shall be sent to the court with
two men who captured them. The other witnesses against them, and the other ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing (1869)
"The several engine-houses will be made the stations of the provost guard.
Breaches of city ordinances will be tried as heretofore. Violations of the public ..."
5. A History of the Sixty-third U.S. Infantry, 1917-1919 by United States Army. 63d infantry (1920)
"provost guard, 1st Battalion, 63rd Infantry Detachment THE provost guard for
Baltimore City was taken over by the 63rd Infantry Detachment, January 23, ..."
6. The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1864)
"Another prohibited all officers and soldiers, other than those on provost guard
duty, or belonging to the stati* or escorts of generals, from being in the ..."
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