procurator

English

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Alternative forms

• procuratour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin procurator, from prōcūrō (“I procure”) (English procure). Surface analysis is procure +‎ -ator.

Noun

procurator (plural procurators)

1. A tax collector.
2. An agent or attorney.
3. A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see public procurator

See also

• (legal): inquisitor

Related terms

• curator
• procuracy
• procuratorate
• procure

References

• OED2

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Latin

Etymology

From prōcūrō (“I manage, administer”) +‎ -tor.

Noun

prōcūrātor (genitive prōcūrātoris); m, third declension

1. manager, overseer, superintendent
2. agent, deputy

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	prōcūrātor	prōcūrātorēs
genitive	prōcūrātoris	prōcūrātorum
dative	prōcūrātorī	prōcūrātoribus
accusative	prōcūrātorem	prōcūrātorēs
ablative	prōcūrātore	prōcūrātoribus
vocative	prōcūrātor	prōcūrātorēs

Descendants

• English: procurator
• Polish: prokurator