proctor

[Proc·tor]

A proctor keeps an eye on students who are taking a test to make sure they don't cheat. The invention of the cell phone has certainly made proctors' lives tougher.

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One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.

Noun
someone who supervises (an examination)

Verb
as of students taking an exam, to prevent cheating


n.
One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.

n.
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.

n.
An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity.

n.
A representative of the clergy in convocation.

n.
An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.

v. t.
To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.


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.

Proctor

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

One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.

To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.

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