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.
<-- hall proctor. a proctor(d) who maintains order within the hallways of a school, esp. during a shange of class. THe post is often occupied by a student -->
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Proc"tor, v. t.
To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.
Bp. Warburton.
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