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Procurator vs Proctor - What's the difference?

procurator | proctor |

As a noun procurator

is a tax collector.

As an adjective proctor is

(soil science) pertaining to the proctor test, a standardized test measuring soil moisture-density, especially for the requirements of construction projects: proctor density, proctor value .

As a proper noun proctor is

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procurator

English

Alternative forms

* procuratour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tax collector.
  • An agent or attorney.
  • A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see (public procurator)
  • (lb) The governor of a small imperial province.

    • See also

    * (legal) inquisitor

    Related terms

    * curator * procuracy * procuratorate * procure * proctor

    References

    * OED2 ----

    proctor

    English

    (wikipedia 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)