I. ˈpräktə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English proctour, procutour procurator, proctor, alteration of procuratour — more at procurator
1. : one that by profession or by special authorization manages another's affairs or conducts proceedings for another in a court of civil or canon law : an attorney acting in a court of civil or canon law
2.
a. : one of two officers in a British university who discharge various functions and who are especially entrusted with the maintenance of order and the enforcement of obedience to the laws of the institution
b. : one that supervises, guides, or advises : supervisor , monitor ; specifically : an officer or student (as in a college or university) appointed to supervise students (as at an examination and in the dormitories) or to check on attendance or perform some similar duty
3. : an elected representative of the clergy at a convocation in the Church of England
4. : a collector of tithes or other ecclesiastical dues for another
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: supervise , monitor
III. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: after Ralph R. Proctor died 1962 American civil engineer
: of, relating to, or determined by a procedure designed to sample and test soil to be used in fills and embankments
the Proctor method … of determining the moisture content — Military Engineer
the Proctor density of soil