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proc·tor I. \ˈpräktə(r)\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English proctour, procutour procurator, proctor, alteration of procuratour — more at procurator 1. : one that by profession or by special authorization manages another's affairs or conducts proceedings for another in a court of civil or canon law : an attorney acting in a court of civil or canon law 2. a. : one of two officers in a British university who discharge various functions and who are especially entrusted with the maintenance of order and the enforcement of obedience to the laws of the institution b. : one that supervises, guides, or advises : supervisor, monitor; specifically : an officer or student (as in a college or university) appointed to supervise students (as at an examination and in the dormitories) or to check on attendance or perform some similar duty 3. : an elected representative of the clergy at a convocation in the Church of England 4. : a collector of tithes or other ecclesiastical dues for another II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) : supervise, monitor III. adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: after Ralph R. Proctor died 1962 American civil engineer : of, relating to, or determined by a procedure designed to sample and test soil to be used in fills and embankments < the Proctor method … of determining the moisture content — Military Engineer > < the Proctor density of soil > |