proctor
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1. proctor - Noun
2. proctor - Adjective
3. proctor - Verb
4. Proctor - Proper noun
Meaning
One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.
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.
An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity.
An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.
To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.
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Academia In Bulgaria, a quaestor is someone overseeing an examination procedure, typically in a university setting (similar to invigilator (UK and the Commonwealth), or proctor (US)).
According to historian Donald Proctor, "There is no contemporary evidence that Hancock harbored ambitions to be named commander-in-chief.
Additional teachers have been hired to teach students actually in the classrooms or proctor the overflow students in remote locations on campus who watch remotely on devices.
A speech delivered by Republican Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont on March 17, 1898 thoroughly analyzed the situation, concluding that war was the only answer.
Artist Gregg Deal of Colorado Springs, Colorado paints a mural Saturday in the auditorium at Proctor High School.
Examinations are supervised by invigilators in the UK and proctors (or (exam) supervisors) in the US (a proctor in the UK is an official responsible for student discipline at the University of Oxford or Cambridge).