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
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
An official at any of several older universities.
- 3
A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts.
- 4
obsoleteOne appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, such as lepers and the bedridden.
- 5
A procurator or manager for another.
- 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
to function as a proctor
- 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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