proctor

Meanings

1. 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.
2. An official at any of several older universities.
3. A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts.
4. One appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, such as lepers and the bedridden.
5. A procurator or manager for another.
6. A representative of the clergy in convocation.

1. to function as a proctor
2. to manage as an attorney or agent

1. A surname originating as an occupation.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Kentucky.
4. A city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, named after J. Proctor Knott.
5. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Missouri.
6. An unincorporated community in Plunketts Creek Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
7. A census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma.
8. A census-designated place in Comanche County, Texas.
9. A town and census-designated place therein, in Rutland County, Vermont.
10. An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.

1. Pertaining to the Proctor test, a standardized test measuring soil moisture-density, especially for the requirements of construction projects.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English procatour, procutour, contraction of procuratour; compare proxy. Doublet of procurator and procurer.