meaning of proctor
1. One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.
2. 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.
3. An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity.
4. A representative of the clergy in convocation.
5. An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.
6. To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.
7. someone who supervises an examination
Related Words
proctor | proctorage | proctorial | proctorical | proctorship |
