Proctor Synonyms & Definitions

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• ProctorDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity.
2. (n.) An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.
3. (v. t.) To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.
4. (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.
5. (n.) A representative of the clergy in convocation.
6. (n.) One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.

• ProctorshipDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The office or dignity of a proctor; also, the term of his office.