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Definition of Proctors

Proctor
Proctor Proc"tor, v. t. To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent. --Bp. Warburton.
Proctor
Proctor Proc"tor, n. [OE. proketour, contr. fr. procurator. See Procurator.] One who is employed to manage to affairs of another. Specifically: (a) A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar. [Obs.] --Nares. (b) (Eng. Law) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity. --Wharton. (c) (Ch. of Eng.) A representative of the clergy in convocation. (d) An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.

Meaning of Proctors from wikipedia

- known as attorneys-at-law. There were two types of proctors; proctors of the Supreme Court and proctors of a district court. The former could practice in...
- Proctor's Theatre (officially stylized as Proctors since 2007; however, the marquee retains the apostrophe) is a theatre and former vaudeville house located...
- built 812 Proctors of several marks between 1941 and 1945, ****embling most of the aircraft at Barton Aerodrome. Whilst the very early Proctors (Mks I to...
- William Proctor is a former starting quarterback for the Clemson Tigers at Clemson University in the Atlantic Coast Conference in NCAA Division I-A, and...
- Proctor Lake is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir along the Leon River located in Comanche County in the U.S. state of Texas, around 3 miles (5 km)...
- March 1692, the Proctors' servant, Mary Warren, began to have fits, saying she saw the spectre (ghost) of Giles Corey. John Proctor was dismissive of...
- Proctor Silex Co. was created in 1960 with the merger of Proctor Electric and the Silex Company. In 1966, SCM Corporation bought out Proctor-Silex. In...
- the yoke. When performing proctorial roles pro-proctors wear the proctors' hood. In both Oxford and Cambridge the proctors could formerly be seen patrolling...
- Richard Anthony Proctor (23 March 1837 – 12 September 1888) was an English astronomer. He is best remembered for having produced one of the earliest maps...
- Proctor FRAS FRMetS (1 April 1862 – 11 September 1957) was a British-American po****rizer of astronomy. While not a professional astronomer, Proctor became...