PROCTORS
Noun
proctors
plural of proctor
Source: Wiktionary
PROCTOR
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.
PROCTOR
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