PROCTOR

proctor, monitor

(noun) someone who supervises (an examination)

invigilate, proctor

(verb) watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

proctor (plural proctors)

(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; an invigilator.

Synonym: invigilator

(UK) An official at any of several older universities.

(British, legal) 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.

Verb

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

(US) to function as a proctor

(transitive) to manage as an attorney or agent

Etymology

The soil test was originally developed by Ralph R. Proctor.

Proper noun

Proctor

A surname.

A city in Minnesota.

A census-designated place in Oklahoma.

A town in Vermont.

Adjective

Proctor (not comparable)

(soil science) Pertaining to the Proctor test, a standardized test measuring soil moisture-density, especially for the requirements of construction projects.

Source: Wiktionary

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Proc"tor, n. Etym: [OE. proketour, contr. fr. procurator. See Procurator.]

Definition: One who is employed to manage to affairs of another. Specifically: (a) A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar. [Obs.] Nares. (b) (Eng. Law) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity. Wharton. (c) (Ch. of Eng.) A representative of the clergy in convocation. (d) An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.

Proc"tor, v. t.

Definition: To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent. Bp. Warburton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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