<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a person appointed to superintend or preside</li><li>an administrative officer in any of various colleges and universities who holds high rank and is concerned with the curriculum, faculty appointments, etc.</li><li>the chief dignitary of a cathedral or collegiate church</li><li>the steward or bailiff of a medieval manor or an officer of a medieval administrative district</li><li>the mayor of a municipality in Scotland</li><li>a prison warden (obsolete)</li></ul>