proctor

See also: Proctor

English

Alternative forms

• proctour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English, from a contraction of procurator.

Noun

proctor (plural proctors)

1. (US) 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.
2. (Britain) An official at any of several older universities
3. (Britain, law) A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts
4. (obsolete) One appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, such as lepers and the bedridden.
5. A procurator or manager for another.
6. A representative of the clergy in convocation.

Synonyms

• (examination supervisor): invigilator

Derived terms

• proctorial
• proctorship

Translations

person who supervises students as they take an examination

• Finnish: valvoja (fi)
• French: surveillant (fr)
• Persian: مراقب‎‎ (fa) (morâgeb)

• Portuguese: fiscal (pt)
• Swedish: tentamensvakt (sv) c

UK university official

legal practitioner

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Translations to be checked

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} prócadóir m

Verb

proctor (third-person singular simple present proctors, present participle proctoring, simple past and past participle proctored)

1. (US) To function as a proctor.
2. (transitive) To manage as an attorney or agent.

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