proctor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   especially in the US, a person who supervises an examination to prevent cheating

   The proctor collected every answer sheet before allowing the students to leave.

2. 2
   verb

   especially in the US, to supervise people while they take an examination

   Two graduate students will proctor the entrance examination on Saturday.

3. 3
   noun

   a historical or institutional official who administers discipline, represents another person, or performs specified legal or university duties

   The university proctor investigated the complaint under the college statutes.

A contraction of Middle English procutour or procuratour, from Anglo-French procuratour and Latin procurator, 'manager or agent,' from procurare, 'to manage or take care of.' The older representative and university-official senses preceded the modern American examination sense.

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