proctor Meaning, Definition & Usage

Proc"tor noun

Etymology

OE. proketour, contr. fr. procurator. See Procurator.

Definitions

1. 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. hall proctor. a proctor(d) who maintains order within the hallways of a school, esp. during a shange of class. THe post is often occupied by a student

Proc"tor transitive verb

Definitions

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