proctor

IPA: prˈɑktɝ

(Canada, 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; an invigilator.
(UK) An official at any of several older universities.
(Britain, law) A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts.
(obsolete) One appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, such as lepers and the bedridden.
A procurator or manager for another.
A representative of the clergy in convocation.
A surname originating as an occupation.
A city in Minnesota.
A census-designated place in Oklahoma.
A town in Vermont.

(soil science) Pertaining to the Proctor test, a standardized test measuring soil moisture-density, especially for the requirements of construction projects.

Examples of "proctor" in Sentences

Before we could begin, the test proctor checked our identification.
I call the proctor again and guess what, the PC now had to be restarted.
I got a bit alarmed and called the proctor, he happily clicked the 'close' button on the error and asked me to proceed.
Teachers typically proctor their own students' tests, especially in the early grades, to make students more comfortable.
When the proctor working point of the mop-squad covering that wing of the Seat stuck his head into that 'fresher, he found another "proctor" already there.
You know the one: you're late for the final, can't remember where it was supposed to be held, forgot to cram for it anyway, and when you finally get there you're naked, the proctor is your great aunt Helen in a black corset with red trim, and she intends to punish you severely, young man if you haven't brought three sharpened #2 pencils -
To address the cheating issue in particular, Priebatsch looked at his alma mater's adoption of an honor code for exams, designed for students to police themselves and each other -- and noted that the paradigm shift created by the test becoming "the enemy," rather than an instructor or other proctor placed in the enforcer role, dramatically reduced instances of cheating.