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stour provost

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables
stour provost
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish (served by The Stours Grouped Parish Council) in Dorset, England, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST7921).

Etymology

Recorded as Sture Preauus in 1270, an estate on the River Stour held by the Norman abbey of Préaux, later passed to the provost of King's College, Cambridge, so the affix must have been changed accordingly.

Questions

What does stour provost mean?
A village and civil parish (served by The Stours Grouped Parish Council) in Dorset, England, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST7921).
Where does stour provost come from?
Recorded as Sture Preauus in 1270, an estate on the River Stour held by the Norman abbey of Préaux, later passed to the provost of King's College, Cambridge, so the affix must have been changed accordingly.

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