proctor


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
proctor/ˈprɒktə(r)/
noun
  • 1 Brit. an officer at certain universities having mainly disciplinary functions.
  • 2 N. Amer. an invigilator at an examination.
  • 3 (in the Church of England) an elected representative of the clergy in the convocation of Canterbury or York.
  • 4 historical a practitioner of law in ecclesiastical and certain other courts.
– derivatives
proctorial adjective,
proctorship noun.
– origin ME: contr. of procurator.
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