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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROC'TOR, n. [contracted from L. procurator, from procuro; pro and curo.]
1. In a general sense, one who is employed to manage the affairs of another.
2. Appropriately, a person employed to manage another's cause in a court of civil or ecclesiastical law, as in the court of admiralty, or in a spiritual court.
3. The magistrate of a university.
PROC'TOR, v.i. To manage; a cant word.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who supervises (an examination) [syn: proctor, monitor] v
1: watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating) [syn: invigilate, proctor]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English procutour procurator, proctor, alteration of procuratour Date: 14th century supervisor, monitor; specifically one appointed to supervise students (as at an examination) • proctor verb • proctorial adjective • proctorship noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Brit. an officer (usu. one of two) at certain universities, appointed annually and having mainly disciplinary functions. 2 US a supervisor of students in an examination etc. 3 Law a person managing causes in a court (now chiefly ecclesiastical) that administers civil or canon law. 4 a representative of the clergy in the Church of England convocation. Phrases and idioms: Queen's (or King's) Proctor (in the UK) an official who has the right to intervene in probate, divorce, and nullity cases when collusion or the suppression of facts is alleged. Derivatives: proctorial adj. proctorship n. Etymology: ME, syncopation of PROCURATOR

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Proctor Proc"tor, v. t. To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent. --Bp. Warburton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Proctor Proc"tor, n. [OE. proketour, contr. fr. procurator. See Procurator.] One who is employed to manage to affairs of another. Specifically: (a) A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar. [Obs.] --Nares. (b) (Eng. Law) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity. --Wharton. (c) (Ch. of Eng.) A representative of the clergy in convocation. (d) An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.

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