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