proctor

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
proctor
    n 1: someone who supervises (an examination) [syn: {proctor},
         {monitor}]
    v 1: watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating)
         [syn: {invigilate}, {proctor}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Proctor \Proc"tor\, n. [OE. proketour, contr. fr. procurator.
   See {Procurator}.]
   One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.
   Specifically:
   (a) A person appointed to collect alms for those who could
       not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the
       bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar. [Obs.] --Nares.
   (b) (Eng. Law) An officer employed in admiralty and
       ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at
       common law, or to a solicitor in equity. --Wharton.
   (c) (Ch. of Eng.) A representative of the clergy in
       convocation.
   (d) An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to
       enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.
       [1913 Webster]
       [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Proctor \Proc"tor\, v. t.
   To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or
   agent. --Bp. Warburton.
   [1913 Webster]
from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Proctor, AR
  Zip code(s): 72376
Proctor, MN (city, FIPS 52630)
  Location: 46.74310 N, 92.22739 W
  Population (1990): 2974 (1245 housing units)
  Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 55810
Proctor, MT
  Zip code(s): 59929
Proctor, OK
  Zip code(s): 74457
Proctor, VT
  Zip code(s): 05765
Proctor, WV
  Zip code(s): 26055
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Proctor, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
   Population (2000):    2852
   Housing Units (2000): 1246
   Land area (2000):     3.025155 sq. miles (7.835114 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    3.025155 sq. miles (7.835114 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            52630
   Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
   Location:             46.743213 N, 92.225553 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     55810
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Proctor, MN
    Proctor
from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
PROCTOR. One appointed to represent in judgment the party who empowers him, 
by writing under his hand called a proxy. The term is used chiefly in the 
courts of civil and ecclesiastical law. The proctor is somewhat similar to 
the attorney. Avl. Parerg. 421.
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "proctor":
      Big Brother, MC, advocate, agent, amicus curiae,
      apprentice teacher, attorney, attorney-at-law, auditor, bailiff,
      barrister, barrister-at-law, boatswain, boss, butler, chief,
      comptroller, controller, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law,
      croupier, curator, custodian, deputy, emcee, factor, floor manager,
      floorman, floorwalker, foreman, friend at court, gaffer, ganger,
      graduate assistant, guardian, head, headman, housekeeper,
      inspector, intercessor, intern, landreeve, lawyer, legal adviser,
      legal counselor, legal expert, legal practitioner, legalist,
      librarian, majordomo, master of ceremonies, monitor, mouthpiece,
      noncommissioned officer, overman, overseer, paraprofessional,
      pleader, practice teacher, praepostor, prefect, procurator,
      pupil teacher, sea lawyer, self-styled lawyer, seneschal, sirdar,
      slave driver, solicitor, steward, straw boss, student assistant,
      subforeman, super, superintendent, supervisor, surveyor,
      taskmaster, teaching assistant, teaching fellow, teaching intern,
      visitor
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