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Procurer vs Procurator - What's the difference?

procurer | procurator |

As nouns the difference between procurer and procurator

is that procurer is a person who procures or obtains things, especially one who procures customers for prostitutes while procurator is a tax collector.

procurer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a person who procures or obtains things, especially one who procures customers for prostitutes
  • Synonyms

    * pander * panderer ----

    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

    References

    * OED2 ----