Category:Proctor

Proc"tor, n. Etym: [oe. proketour, contr. fr. procurator. See Procurator.]

Defn: one who is employed to manage to affairs of another. Specifically: (a) 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. [obs.] Nares. (b) (eng. Law) an officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical Causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in Equity. Wharton. (c) (ch. of eng.) A representative of the clergy in convocation. (d) an officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce Obedience to the laws of the institution.

Proctor Proc"tor, v. t.

Defn: to act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent. Bp. Warburton.