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proctor definition and meaning

n. One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.
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.
n. An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity.
n. A representative of the clergy in convocation.
n. An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.
v. t. To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.

Crossword clues for proctor

- University official