proctor, monitor
(noun) someone who supervises (an examination)
invigilate, proctor
(verb) watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
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
The soil test was originally developed by Ralph R. Proctor.
Proctor
A surname.
A city in Minnesota.
A census-designated place in Oklahoma.
A town in Vermont.
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
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
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
