proctor
pronunciation
How to pronounce proctor in British English:
UK [ˈprɒktə(r)]
How to pronounce proctor in American English:
US [ˈprɑktə(r)]
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- Noun:
- someone who supervises (an examination)
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- Verb:
- as of students taking an exam, to prevent cheating
Word Origin
- proctor (n.)
- late 14c., contraction of procurator (c. 1300) "steward or manager of a household;" also "a provider" (see procurator). From late 14c. as "one who acts or speaks for another; spokesman, advocate;" early 15c. as "business manager or financial administrator of a church, college, holy order, etc."
- proctor (v.)
- 1670s, from proctor (n.). Related: Proctored; proctoring.
Example
- 1. Because it 's my job as a harbor student proctor .
- 2. We 'll have captain harris and lieutenant proctor ...... take the undercover assignment at the union towers building .
- 3. He and the proctor capped each other as they met , as if they were rival powers , and the man hardly knew which was the greater .
- 4. Proctor & gamble is a large personal product conglomerate .
- 5. One student who arrived four minutes late in 2007 was turned away , even though she and her mother knelt before the exam proctor , begging for leniency .