Proctor vs Warden - What's the difference?
proctor | warden |
(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.
(UK) An official at any of several older universities
(British, legal) 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.
(archaic, or, literary) A guard or watchman.
* Sir Walter Scott
A chief administrative officer of a prison
An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air raid warden
A governing official in various institutions
(archaic, slang) A variety of pear, thought to be Black Worcester or Parkinson's Warden.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
* Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
As nouns the difference between proctor and warden
is that proctor is 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 while warden is a guard or watchman.As proper nouns the difference between proctor and warden
is that proctor is {{surname} while Warden is {{surname|lang=en}.As a verb proctor
is to function as a proctor.As an adjective Proctor
is pertaining to the Proctor test, a standardized test measuring soil moisture-density, especially for the requirements of construction projects: Proctor density, Proctor value.proctor
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(wikipedia proctor)Alternative forms
* proctour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (examination supervisor) invigilatorDerived terms
*proctorial *proctorshipwarden
English
Noun
(en noun)- He called to the warden on the battlements.
- the warden of a college
- I would have had him roasted like a warden .
- I must have saffron the colour of warden pies.