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Meaning of 'proctor' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Proctor [ n.]
- One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.
- 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.
- An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity.
- A representative of the clergy in convocation.
- An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.
2 . Proctor [ v. t.]
- To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.

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