Thesaurus: proctor

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1. n. One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.
2. n. 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.
3. n. An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity.
4. n. A representative of the clergy in convocation.
5. n. An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.
6. v. t. To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.
7. n. someone who supervises (an examination)
8. v. watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating)
9. 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. To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent. Bp. Warburton.
10. One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.Specifically:(a) A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go outto beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence abeggar. [Obs.] Nares.(b) (Eng. Law) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiasticalcauses. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor inequity. 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 enforceobedience to the laws of the institution.
11. n:100 n. someone who supervises (an examination)