PROCTOR
\pɹˈɒktə], \pɹˈɒktə], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_k_t_ə]\
Definitions of PROCTOR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.
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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.
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An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity.
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A representative of the clergy in convocation.
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An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.
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To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.
By Oddity Software
By James Champlin Fernald
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An attorney in ecclesiastical courts; officer of a university.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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