proctor
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See also: Proctor
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English procatour, contraction of procuratour; compare proxy. Doublet of procurator.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒktə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
proctor (plural proctors)
- (Canada, US, Philippines) A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.
- Synonym: invigilator
- (UK) An official at any of several older universities.
- (British, law) A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts.
- (obsolete) One appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, such as lepers and the bedridden.
- A procurator or manager for another.
- A representative of the clergy in convocation.
Derived terms
Translations
person who supervises students as they take an examination
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UK university official
legal practitioner
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Verb
proctor (third-person singular simple present proctors, present participle proctoring, simple past and past participle proctored)
- (Canada, US, Philippines) to function as a proctor
- (transitive) to manage as an attorney or agent
- 1817, Illinois Administrative Code:
- All examinations , including self - study examinations and retake examinations , shall be proctored by a representative of the approved sponsor
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