proctor

See also: Proctor

English

Alternative forms

• proctour (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English procatour, contraction of procuratour; compare proxy. Doublet of procurator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒktə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

proctor (plural proctors)

1. (Canada, US, Philippines) A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.

   Synonym: invigilator

2. (UK) An official at any of several older universities.
3. (British, law) A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts.
4. (obsolete) One appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, such as lepers and the bedridden.
5. A procurator or manager for another.
6. A representative of the clergy in convocation.

Derived terms

• proctorial
• proctorship
• tithe proctor

 

Translations

person who supervises students as they take an examination

• Arabic: مُرَاقِب m (murāqib)
• Finnish: valvoja (fi)
• French: surveillant (fr) m
• German: Klausuraufsicht f (literally “exam surveillance”)
• Persian: مراقب (fa) (morâgeb)
• Portuguese: fiscal (pt)
• Russian: наблюда́тель (ru) m (nabljudátelʹ)
• Swedish: tentamensvakt (sv) c

UK university official

legal practitioner

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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} prócadóir m

Verb

proctor (third-person singular simple present proctors, present participle proctoring, simple past and past participle proctored)

1. (Canada, US, Philippines) to function as a proctor
2. (transitive) to manage as an attorney or agent
   • 1817, Illinois Administrative Code:

     All examinations , including self - study examinations and retake examinations , shall be proctored by a representative of the approved sponsor