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Proctor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Proctor has 1 sense
- proctor(n = noun.person) monitor - someone who supervises (an examination); Array has particulars: invigilator
is a kind of supervisor
Derived forms verb proctor1, noun proctorship1
Verb Proctor has 1 sense
- proctor(v = verb.social) invigilate - watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating); Array is one way to follow, keep an eye on, observe, watch, watch over
Derived form noun proctor1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
Proctor, n. [OE. proketour, contr. fr. procurator. See Procurator.].
One who is employed to manage to affairs of another. [1913 Webster]
Proctor, v. t.
To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent. Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Proctor, 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.
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.
Idiom
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.
Derivative
proctorial adj. proctorship n.
Etymology
ME, syncopation of PROCURATOR
THESAURUS
Proctor
Big Brother, MC, advocate, agent, amicus curiae, apprentice teacher, attorney, attorney-at-law, auditor, bailiff, barrister, barrister-at-law, boatswain, boss, butler, chief, comptroller, controller, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law, croupier, curator, custodian, deputy, emcee, factor, floor manager, floorman, floorwalker, foreman, friend at court, gaffer, ganger, graduate assistant, guardian, head, headman, housekeeper, inspector, intercessor, intern, landreeve, lawyer, legal adviser, legal counselor, legal expert, legal practitioner, legalist, librarian, majordomo, master of ceremonies, monitor, mouthpiece, noncommissioned officer, overman, overseer, paraprofessional, pleader, practice teacher, praepostor, prefect, procurator, pupil teacher, sea lawyer, self-styled lawyer, seneschal, sirdar, slave driver, solicitor, steward, straw boss, student assistant, subforeman, super, superintendent, supervisor, surveyor, taskmaster, teaching assistant, teaching fellow, teaching intern, visitorROGET THESAURUS
Proctor
Director
N director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, superintendent, supervisor, straw boss, intendant, overseer, overlooker, supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile, moderator, monitor, taskmaster, master, leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator, caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy, guiding star, adviser, guide, pilot, helmsman, steersman, steermate, wire-puller, driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer, coachman, carman, cabman, postilion, vetturino, muleteer, arriero, teamster, whipper in, head, head man, head center, boss, principal, president, speaker, chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, captain, superior, mayor, vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch, officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist, bureaucrat, man in office, Jack in office, office bearer, person in authority, statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist, statemonger, Minos, Draco, arbiter, boss, political dictator, board, secretary, secretary of state, Reis Effendi, vicar, steward, factor, agent, bailiff, middleman, foreman, clerk of works, landreeve, factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier, proctor, procurator, ex officio.Consignee
N consignee, trustee, nominee, committee, agent, delegate, commissary, commissioner, emissary, envoy, commissionaire, messenger, diplomatist, diplomat, diplomate, corps diplomatique, embassy, ambassador, embassador, representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio, charge d'affaires, attache, vicegerent, plenipotentiary, functionary, placeman, curator, treasurer, factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business, factotum, caretaker, dalal, dubash, garnishee, gomashta, negotiator, go-between, middleman, under agent, employe, servant, referee, arbitrator, traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur, touter, commercial traveler, drummer, traveling man, newspaper correspondent, own correspondent, special correspondent.Lawyer
N lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, counsel, counsellor, counsellor at law, attorney at law, jurist, legist, civilian, pundit, publicist, juris consult, legal adviser, advocate, barrister, barrister at law, King's or Queen's counsel, K, C, Q, C, silk gown, leader, sergeant-at-law, bencher, tubman, judge, bar, legal profession, bar association, association of trial lawyers, officer of the court, gentleman of the long robe, junior bar, outer bar, inner bar, equity draftsman, conveyancer, pleader, special pleader, solicitor, proctor, notary, notary public, scrivener, cursitor, writer, writer to the signet, S, S, C, limb of the law, pettifogger, vakil, legal beagle, legal secretary, legal assistant, law student, learned in the law, at the bar, forensic, esquire, esquired, banco regis.
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