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Webster 1913 Edition

Proctor

Proc′tor

,
Noun.
[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.

Proc′tor

,
Verb.
T.
To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.
Bp. Warburton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Proctor

PROC'TOR

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
I.
To manage; a cant word.

Definition 2024

Proctor

Proctor

See also: proctor

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Adjective

Proctor ‎(not comparable)

  1. (soil science) Pertaining to the Proctor test, a standardized test measuring soil moisture-density, especially for the requirements of construction projects: Proctor density, Proctor value.

Proper noun

Proctor

  1. A surname​.
  2. A city in Minnesota
  3. A census-designated place in Oklahoma
  4. A town in Vermont

proctor

proctor

See also: Proctor

English

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Noun

proctor ‎(plural proctors)

  1. (US) 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.
  2. (Britain) An official at any of several older universities
  3. (Britain, law) A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts
  4. (obsolete) One appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, such as lepers and the bedridden.

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Verb

proctor ‎(third-person singular simple present proctors, present participle proctoring, simple past and past participle proctored)

  1. (US) To function as a proctor.
  2. (transitive) To manage as an attorney or agent.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Warburton to this entry?)

Etymology

From Middle English, from a contraction of procurator.

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