procurator

Meaning

1. A tax collector.
2. An agent or attorney.
3. A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see public procurator
4. (Ancient-Rome) The governor of a small imperial province.

Synonyms

proxy

agent

deputy

placeholder

commissary

commissioner

delegate

district attorney

exponent

lieutenant

mouth

prosecutor

representative

spokesman

spokeswoman

substitute

syndic

trustee

voice

act as an agent

appoint as a proxy

fully-authorized agent

vestry man

attorney

barrister

business agent

Translations

procurador

Anwalt

procureur

procuratore

πληρεξούσιος

επίτροπος

ébauche

mandataire

proxy

marque substitutive

landvoogd

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɑkjəˌɹeɪtɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English procuratour, from Anglo-Norman procuratour, from Latin prōcūrātor, from prōcūrō (“I procure”) (English procure). Equivalent to procure + -ator and a doublet of proctor.