PROCTOR

Proctor

Proctor, a variant of the word procurator, is a person who takes charge of, or acts for, another. The word proctor is frequently used to describe someone who oversees an exam or dormitory.

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proctor

Noun

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

Verb

  1. To function as a proctor.
  2. To manage as an attorney or agent.


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