[prok-ter] 
| 1. | a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations. |
| 2. | an official charged with various duties, esp. with the maintenance of good order. |
| 3. | to supervise or monitor. |
[prok-tawr-ee-uh
l, -tohr-] , adjective | proc·tor (prŏk'tər) n. A supervisor especially of an examination or dormitory in a school. tr.v. proc·tored, proc·tor·ing, proc·tors To supervise (an examination). [Middle English procutor, proctour, university officer, manager, from procuratour; see procurator.] proc·to'ri·al (-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-) adj., proc'tor·ship' n. |
proctor
in English law, formerly a practitioner in ecclesiastical and admiralty courts, who performed duties similar to those of solicitors in ordinary courts. After the Judicature Act of 1873, the title of proctor in this sense became obsolete, the term solicitor being extended to include proctors. See also solicitor.
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