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proctor

nounverbattested in dialogue

  • //ˈpɹɒktə(ɹ)//

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.

noun

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    An official at any of several older universities.

  3. 3

    A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts.

  4. 4

    obsoleteOne appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, such as lepers and the bedridden.

  5. 5

    A procurator or manager for another.

  6. 6

    A representative of the clergy in convocation.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English procatour, procutour, contraction of procuratour; compare proxy. Doublet of procurator and procurer.

verb

  1. 1

    to function as a proctor

  2. 2

    to manage as an attorney or agent

    All examinations , including self - study examinations and retake examinations , shall be proctored by a representative of the approved sponsor

Forms

plural
proctors
past tense
proctored
past participle
proctored
present participle
proctoring
third person singular
proctors
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