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Webster 1913 Edition
Proctor
Proc′tor
,Noun.
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.
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.