procurator
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- procuratour (obsolete)
Etymology [edit]
Borrowed from Latin procurator, from prōcūrō (“I procure”) (English procure). Surface analysis is procure + -ator.
Noun [edit]
procurator (plural procurators)
- A tax collector.
- An agent or attorney.
- 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 [edit]
- (legal): inquisitor
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
- OED2
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From prōcūrō (“I manage, administer”) + -tor.
Noun [edit]
prōcūrātor (genitive prōcūrātoris); m, third declension
Inflection [edit]
Descendants [edit]
- English: procurator
- Polish: prokurator