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proctour

proctour is the obsolete form of proctor.

Meaning of proctor

Noun

proctor (plural proctors)

  1. (Canada, Philippines, US) 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
  2. (UK) An official at any of several older universities.
  3. (UK) A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts.
  4. (obsolete) One appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, such as lepers and the bedridden.
  5. A procurator or manager for another.
  6. A representative of the clergy in convocation.

See all 18 meanings of proctor

Forms of proctour

pluralproctours

Questions about proctour

What is proctour the obsolete form of?
Proctour is the obsolete form of proctor.

Words near proctour in the dictionary

  1. proctotomy
  2. proctotrupid
  3. proctotrupids
  4. proctotrupomorph
  5. proctotrupomorphs
  6. proctour
  7. proctours
  8. proctress
  9. proctresses
  10. proctuchous
  11. Proculeian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: proctour (page history and authors); proctor (page history and authors). 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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