proctor
/ˈpɹɒktə(ɹ)/
proctor noun: a person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.
Noun
proctor (plural proctors)
- A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.
- Synonyms:
- invigilator
- An official at any of several older universities.
- A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts.
- One appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, such as lepers and the bedridden.
- A procurator or manager for another.
- A representative of the clergy in convocation.
Verb
proctor (third-person singular simple present proctors, present participle proctoring, simple past and past participle proctored)
Proper noun capitalized: Proctor
Proctor
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- An unincorporated community in Lee County, Kentucky.
- A city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, named after J. Proctor Knott.
- An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Plunketts Creek Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
- A census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma.
- A census-designated place in Comanche County, Texas.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Rutland County, Vermont.
- An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
Adjective capitalized: Proctor
Proctor (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the Proctor test, a standardized test measuring soil moisture-density, especially for the requirements of construction projects.
- Proctor density; Proctor value
proctor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
proctor in Hindi
- प्रॉक्टर, प्रोक्टर
proctor in Tamil
- புரோக்டர், புரொக்டர், ப்ராக்டர்
proctor in Marathi
- प्रॉक्टर, प्रॉकटर
proctor in Urdu
- پروکٹر, پراکٹر
More languagesFewer languages
- proctor in Bengali
- পরীক্ষা নিয়ন্ত্রক, পরিদর্শক
- proctor in Telugu
- ప్రోక్టర్, ప్రాక్టర్, ప్రొక్టర్
- proctor in Malayalam
- പ്രോക്ടർ, പ്രോക്റ്റർ
- proctor in Kannada
- ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ಮೇಲ್ವಿಚಾರಕ, ನಿಯಮಪಾಲಕ, ಶಿಸ್ತುಪಾಲಕ, ಮೊಕದ್ದಮೆಗಳ ನಿರ್ವಾಹಕ
- proctor in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰੋਕਟਰ, ਪ੍ਰੌਕਟਰ, ਪਰਾਕਟਰ
- proctor in Gujarati
- પ્રોક્ટર, પ્રૉક્ટર, પ્રોકટર
- proctor in Odia
- ପ୍ରକ୍ଟର, ପ୍ରାକ୍ଟର, ପ୍ରୋକ୍ଟର
- proctor in Nepali
- प्रोक्टर, प्रक्टर, प्रॉक्टर
- proctor in Arabic
- مُرَاقِب murāqib
- proctor in Persian
- مراقب morâgeb
Synonyms of proctor
Forms of proctor
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | proctors |
| alternative form (obsolete) | proctour |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | proctors |
| present participle | proctoring |
| past participle | proctored |
| past | proctored |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Procter |
Origin of proctor
Inherited from Middle English procatour, procutour, contraction of procuratour; compare proxy. Doublet of procurator and procurer.
The soil test was originally developed by Ralph R. Proctor.
Words formed from proctor
Questions about proctor
- What does proctor mean?
- Proctor means a person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.
- What is proctor in Hindi?
- Proctor in Hindi is प्रॉक्टर, प्रोक्टर. See Proctor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is proctor?
- Proctor can be a noun, a verb, a proper noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce proctor?
- Proctor is pronounced /ˈpɹɒktə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of proctor?
- The plural of proctor is proctors.
Words near proctor in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: proctor (page history and authors); Proctor (page history and authors); proctor (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proctor (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proctor (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proctor (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proctor (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); proctor (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proctor (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proctor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); proctor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proctor (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proctor (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proctor (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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