proctor

[ prok-ter ]
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noun
  1. a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.

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

verb (used with or without object)
  1. to supervise or monitor.

Origin of proctor

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; contracted variant of procurator

Other words from proctor

  • proc·to·ri·al [prok-tawr-ee-uhl], /prɒkˈtɔr i əl/, adjective
  • proc·to·ri·al·ly, adverb
  • proc·tor·ship, noun
  • sub·proc·tor, noun
  • sub·proc·to·ri·al, adjective
  • sub·proc·tor·ship, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for proctor

proctor

/ (ˈprɒktə) /


noun
  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

  1. (formerly) an agent, esp one engaged to conduct another's case in a court

  2. (formerly) an agent employed to collect tithes

  3. Church of England one of the elected representatives of the clergy in Convocation and the General Synod

verb
  1. (tr) US to invigilate (an examination)

Origin of proctor

1
C14: syncopated variant of procurator

Derived forms of proctor

  • proctorial (prɒkˈtɔːrɪəl), adjective
  • proctorially, adverb

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