Proctor
noun
1.
a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.
2.
an official charged with various duties, especially with the maintenance of good order.
verb (used with or without object)
3.
to supervise or monitor.
noun
1.
a member of the teaching staff of any of certain universities having the duties of enforcing discipline
2.
(US) (in a college or university) a supervisor or monitor who invigilates examinations, enforces discipline, etc
3.
(formerly) an agent, esp one engaged to conduct another’s case in a court
4.
(formerly) an agent employed to collect tithes
5.
(Church of England) one of the elected representatives of the clergy in Convocation and the General Synod
verb
6.
(transitive) (US) to invigilate (an examination)
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