English Explanatory Dictionary

procurator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈpɹɒkjʊˌɹeɪtə/ /ˈpɹɑkjəˌɹeɪtɚ/ /ˌpɹɒkjʊˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-procurator.wav

Word forms

procurator procurators procuratour

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English procuratour, from Anglo-Norman procuratour, from Latin prōcūrātor, from prōcūrō (“to procure”) (English procure). Equivalent to procure + -ator and a doublet of proctor and procurer.

Related words

curator proctor procuracy procuratorate procure inquisitor

Derived words

procurator fiscal procurator-general procuratorial procuratorship procuratress
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