proctor

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/ˈpɹɒktə(ɹ)/

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.

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

proctor1

nounproctor (plural proctors)

plural proctors · alternative obsolete proctour

  1. CanadaPhilippinesUSA 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. UKAn official at any of several older universities.
  3. UKlawA legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts.
  4. obsoleteOne 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.
verbproctor (third-person singular simple present proctors, present participle proctoring, simple past and past participle proctored)

present singular third person proctors · participle present proctoring · participle past proctored · past proctored · alternative obsolete proctour

  1. CanadaPhilippinesUSto function as a proctor
  2. transitiveto manage as an attorney or agent

    All examinations , including self - study examinations and retake examinations , shall be proctored by a representative of the approved sponsor

    1817, Illinois Administrative Code

Proctor2

adjectiveProctor (not comparable)

alternative Procter

  1. not comparablesoil sciencePertaining to the Proctor test, a standardized test measuring soil moisture-density, especially for the requirements of construction projects.

    Proctor density; Proctor value

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who supervises (an examination)

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Broader

verbwatch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating)

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

proctor · noun, verb

  1. Middle Englishprocatour
  2. Englishproctor

Inherited from Middle English procatour, procutour, contraction of procuratour; compare proxy. Doublet of procurator and procurer.

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Proctor · proper noun, adjective

The soil test was originally developed by Ralph R. Proctor.

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Translations

Arabic مُرَاقِب
  • مُرَاقِب (murāqib)person who supervises students as they take an examination
Catalan supervisor, vigilant d'exàmens
  • supervisorperson who supervises students as they take an examination
  • vigilant d'exàmensperson who supervises students as they take an examination
Finnish valvoja
  • valvojaperson who supervises students as they take an examination
French surveillant
  • surveillantperson who supervises students as they take an examination
German Klausuraufsicht
  • Klausuraufsichtperson who supervises students as they take an examination
Māori kaitiaki whakamātautau
  • kaitiaki whakamātautauperson who supervises students as they take an examination
Persian مراقب
  • مراقب (morâgeb)person who supervises students as they take an examination
Polish osoba nadzorująca przebieg egzaminu, pracownik uniwersytecki
  • osoba nadzorująca przebieg egzaminuperson who supervises students as they take an examination
  • pracownik uniwersyteckiUK university official
  • pracowniczka uniwersyteckaUK university official
  • prawniklegal practitioner
  • prawniczkalegal practitioner
Portuguese fiscal
  • fiscalperson who supervises students as they take an examination
Russian наблюда́тель
  • наблюда́тель (nabljudátelʹ)person who supervises students as they take an examination
Spanish proctor
  • proctorperson who supervises students as they take an examination
Swedish tentamensvakt
  • tentamensvaktperson who supervises students as they take an examination
Cite this entry
APA

proctor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proctor

MLA

“proctor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proctor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proctor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proctor.

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