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proctor

[prok-ter]

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noun

a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.

an official charged with various duties, especially with the maintenance of good order.

verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

to supervise or monitor.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; contracted variant of procurator

Related forms

proc·to·ri·al

[prok-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-] , adjective

proc·to·ri·al·ly, adverb

proc·tor·ship, noun

sub·proc·tor, noun

sub·proc·to·ri·al, adjective

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sub·proc·tor·ship, noun

un·proc·tored, adjective

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Example Sentences

Proctor said that he would support both shaking eggs and killing some swans.

Courses will be supervised by professors and a proctor.

It is a farce to have the same teachers who are rated on the test results proctor the tests.

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World English Dictionary

proctor (ˈprɒktə)

—n
1.	a member of the teaching staff of any of certain universities having the duties of enforcing discipline
2.	(US) (in a college or university) a supervisor or monitor who invigilates examinations, enforces discipline, etc
3.	(formerly) an agent, esp one engaged to conduct another's case in a court
4.	(formerly) an agent employed to collect tithes
5.	Church of England one of the elected representatives of the clergy in Convocation and the General Synod

—vb
6.	(US) (tr) to invigilate (an examination)

[C14: syncopated variant of procurator]

proctorial

—*adj*

proc'torially

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

proctor

late 14c., contraction of procurator (late 13c.), "official agent of a church or holy order," from O.Fr. procuratour (13c.), from L. procuratorem "manager, agent, deputy," from procurare (see procure).

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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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