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Proctor vs Warden - What's the difference?

proctor | warden |

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

Alternative forms

* proctour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.
  • Synonyms

    * (examination supervisor) invigilator

    Derived terms

    *proctorial *proctorship

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US) To function as a proctor.
  • To manage as an attorney or agent.
  • (Bishop Warburton)

    warden

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, or, literary) A guard or watchman.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • He called to the warden on the battlements.
  • 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
  • the warden of a college
  • (archaic, slang) A variety of pear, thought to be Black Worcester or Parkinson's Warden.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
  • I would have had him roasted like a warden .
  • * Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
  • I must have saffron the colour of warden pies.

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