noun

• The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
• The pastor or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
• A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
• (archaic, British slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
• (archaic, British slang) A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.
• A surname.
• A town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States, named after a John Abbot.