proctor.
A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.
Meaning & usage
A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.
An official at any of several older universities.
A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts.
One appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, such as lepers and the bedridden.
A procurator or manager for another.
A representative of the clergy in convocation.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English procatour, procutour, contraction of procuratour; compare proxy. Doublet of procurator and procurer.
to function as a proctor
to manage as an attorney or agent
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English procatour, procutour, contraction of procuratour; compare proxy. Doublet of procurator and procurer.
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