proctor

1. n. One who is employed to manage to affairs of another. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

3. n. An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity. Source: opted

4. n. A representative of the clergy in convocation. Source: opted

5. n. An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution. Source: opted

6. v. t. To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent. Source: opted

7. n. someone who supervises (an examination) Source: wordnet

8. v. watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating) Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

11. n:100 n. someone who supervises (an examination) Source: ecdict

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