Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A supervisor especially of an examination or dormitory in a school.
- transitive verb To supervise (an examination).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is employed to manage the affairs of another; a procurator.
- noun Specifically, a person employed to manage another's cause in a court of civil or ecclesiastical law, as in the court of admiralty or a spiritual court.
- noun One of the representatives of the clergy in the Convocations of the two provinces of Canterbury and York in the Church of England. They are elected by the cathedral chapters and the clergy of a diocese or an archdeaconry.
- noun An official in a university or college whose function it is to see that good order is kept. In the universities of Oxford and Cambridge the proctors are two officers chosen from among the masters of arts.
- noun A keeper of a spital-house; a liar.
- noun One who collected alms for lepers or others unable to beg in person.
- To manage as an attorney or pleader.
- To hector; swagger; bully. Forby, quoted in Halliwell.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.
- noun obsolete 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.
- noun (Eng. Law) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an
attorney at common law, or to asolicitor in equity. - noun (Ch. of Eng.) A representative of the clergy in convocation.
- noun An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US A
person whosupervises students as they take anexamination , in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student. - noun UK An
official at any of several olderuniversities - noun UK, law A
legal practitioner inecclesiastical and some othercourts - verb US To function as a proctor.
- verb transitive To
manage as anattorney oragent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating)
- noun someone who supervises (an examination)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I call the proctor again and guess what, the PC now had to be restarted.
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You know the one: you're late for the final, can't remember where it was supposed to be held, forgot to cram for it anyway, and when you finally get there you're naked, the proctor is your great aunt Helen in a black corset with red trim, and she intends to punish you severely, young man if you haven't brought three sharpened #2 pencils -
I think I can, I think I can Douglas Hoffman 2005
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I got a bit alarmed and called the proctor, he happily clicked the 'close' button on the error and asked me to proceed.
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When the proctor working point of the mop-squad covering that wing of the Seat stuck his head into that 'fresher, he found another "proctor" already there.
The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967
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When the proctor working point of the mop-squad covering that wing of the Seat stuck his head into that 'fresher, he found another "proctor" already there.
Methuselah's Children Heinlein, Robert A. 1958
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Before we could begin, the test proctor checked our identification.
Eliot Schrefer: What the Monster Wrote: How Will the College Board Grade a Well-Written Endorsement of Evil? Eliot Schrefer 2012
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Before we could begin, the test proctor checked our identification.
Eliot Schrefer: What the Monster Wrote: How Will the College Board Grade a Well-Written Endorsement of Evil? Eliot Schrefer 2012
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To address the cheating issue in particular, Priebatsch looked at his alma mater's adoption of an honor code for exams, designed for students to police themselves and each other -- and noted that the paradigm shift created by the test becoming "the enemy," rather than an instructor or other proctor placed in the enforcer role, dramatically reduced instances of cheating.
Phil West: SXSW Interactive, Day 2: Why We'll All Be Playing Games Soon Phil West 2011
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Teachers typically proctor their own students' tests, especially in the early grades, to make students more comfortable.
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Teachers typically proctor their own students' tests, especially in the early grades, to make students more comfortable.
reesetee commented on the word proctor
This is my doctor's name. Seriously.
October 5, 2007
burntsox commented on the word proctor
If he administers the med school boards, he becomes Proctor Proctor. Even worse, if he gives a rectal exam, he's Protologist Proctor.
October 5, 2007
uselessness commented on the word proctor
In Florida there's a clinic for a Dr. Doctor. Doctor Ron Doctor.
October 5, 2007
reesetee commented on the word proctor
She's a woman, burntsox. But not a proctologist or, for that matter, a proctor--at least that I know about. :-)
October 5, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word proctor
And, let it be said, if s/he gives a medical board exam about that particular medical specialty, s/he is the Proctologist Proctor Proctor.
October 5, 2007
reesetee commented on the word proctor
That's Proctologist Proctor Doctor Proctor to you.
October 6, 2007
arby commented on the word proctor
Major Major Major Major
(cookie to the first person to get that)
October 6, 2007
reesetee commented on the word proctor
Catch 22, of course. Love that book.
Chocolate chip, please.
October 6, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word proctor
Dammit, I wanted the cookie! Stop hogging, RT!!
*sigh* It would have been a real feather in my cap.
October 6, 2007
reesetee commented on the word proctor
*sigh* Arby, would you kindly give my cookie to chained_bear here?
*rolling eyes histrionically*
October 6, 2007
arby commented on the word proctor
Now, now, children. There's plenty to go around.
*hands out cookies to rt & c_b*
PS - is it Catch-22 with the "feather in my cap"/"shot in the arm" running joke? I can never remember where that came from!!
October 6, 2007
reesetee commented on the word proctor
I'm going to let chained_bear answer that.
*folds arms stubbornly*
Oh, and thanks for the cookie. :-)
October 6, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word proctor
I thought it was "feather in my cap" and "black eye." I don't remember the "shot in the arm," but it does seem to fit... I need to reread that book. My God, it's awesome.
*munches cookie*
October 10, 2007
kewpid commented on the word proctor
In petitions of divorce, or for declaration of nullity of marriage, the Queen's Proctor may, under direction of the Attorney General, intervene in the suit for the purpose of arguing any question that the court deems expedient to have argued. i.e. A professional, government-sponsored busy-body.
May 9, 2008
bilby commented on the word proctor
Rot-corpse Sumatran art amuses proctor.
October 18, 2008