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provost guard
[proh-voh]
noun
a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
provost guard
/ əˈəʊ /
noun
(esp in the US) a detachment under command of the provost marshal
Word History and Origins
Origin of provost guard1
Example Sentences
I don't know whether the rest of the men heard the final order of the provost guard or not.
In the course of an hour we were under way, and without any molestation from the provost guards.
The whole Division then moved to the vicinity of Frederick City, our Regiment being detailed in the city as provost guard.
They were the provost guard of the city, with their head-quarters in the citadel.
The evening of the seventh day some of the provost guard took us to the railroad depot en route for Columbia.
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