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proctor

/ˈpɹɒktə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables
proc-tor
IPA
/ˈpɹɒktə(ɹ)/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

An official at any of several older universities.

British usage

noun

A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts.

British usage

noun

One appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, such as lepers and the bedridden.

Obsolete

noun

A procurator or manager for another.

noun

A representative of the clergy in convocation.

verb

to function as a proctor

Canadian usage; American usage

verb

to manage as an attorney or agent

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

proctors (plural) proctour (alternative, obsolete) proctors (present, singular) proctoring (participle, present) proctored (participle, past) proctored (past) Procter (alternative)

Derived Forms

proctorage proctorial proctorise proctorling proctorship proctress proproctor unproctored

Phrases

tithe proctor

Synonyms

invigilator monitor invigilate

Rhymes With

doctor procter dockter

Questions

How do you pronounce proctor?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɹɒktə(ɹ)/.
What does proctor mean?
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.
Where does proctor come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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