Proctor

Alternative forms

• proctour obsolete

Origin

From Middle English, from a contraction of procurator.

Full definition of proctor

Noun

1. (US) 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.
2. (UK) An official at any of several older universities
3. (British, legal) A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts
4. (obsolete) One appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, such as lepers and the bedridden.

Synonyms

• (examination supervisor) invigilator

Derived terms

• proctorial
• proctorship

Verb

1. (US) To function as a proctor.
2. (transitive) To manage as an attorney or agent.