proctor

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (Canada, Philippines, US) 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.
2. (UK) An official at any of several older universities.
3. (British) 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.

Verb

1. (Canada, Philippines, US) to function as a proctor
2. (transitive) to manage as an attorney or agent

Synoniemen

monitor

invigilate

lawyer

barrister

steward

attorney

overseer

advocate

supervisor

invigilator

monitors

notary

overlook

pleader

probate

prove

provost

proxy

reeve

representative

sit up

stay up

superintend

superintendent

supervise

surveyor

watchdog

watcher

watch over

police

👮

sergeant-at-arms

surveil

agent

appointee

beadle

control

cover

dean

deputy

guard

💂

Vertalingen

المراقب

censor

Aufsichtsführende

beaufsichtigen

Anwalt an Spezialgerichten

εποπτεύω

κοσμήτορας

επιτηρώ

επόπτης

κοσμήτωρ

moniteur

surveillant

monitor

promotor

fiscal de provas

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈpɹɒktə(ɹ)/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: procatour

In summary

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