proctor
IPA: prˈɑktɝ
noun
- (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.
verb
- (Canada, US) to function as a proctor
- (transitive) to manage as an attorney or agent
adjective
- (soil science) Pertaining to the Proctor test, a standardized test measuring soil moisture-density, especially for the requirements of construction projects.
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Examples of "proctor" in Sentences
- It led him to be the proctor trainer.
- The proctor hands out papers and pens.
- He proctors English and math in school.
- Proctor Crater is in the center of the map.
- He served as proctor in the university in 1565.
- He was a junior proctor of the university in 1531.
- He was a proctor for the king in the divorce case.
- The study description was read verbally by the proctor.
- Proctor immediately gets on the phone and asks for the airport.
- The discipline in the hostel is looked by the proctor of the college.