Meanings
plural procurators · alternative obsolete procuratour
- A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see public procurator
- Ancient RomeThe governor of a small imperial province.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinprōcūrātor
- Anglo-Normanprocuratour
- Middle Englishprocuratour
- Englishprocurator
Inherited from Middle English procuratour, from Anglo-Norman procuratour, from Latin prōcūrātor, from prōcūrō (“to procure”) (English procure). Equivalent to procure + -ator and a doublet of proctor and procurer.
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian бирник, агент
- бирник (birnik)tax collector
- агентagent or attorney
- пълнонощник (pălnonoštnik)agent or attorney
- следовател (sledovatel)legal officer in communist country collector
- прокуратор (prokurator)Ancient Rome: governor of small province
Chinese Mandarin 檢察官 /检察官
- 檢察官 /检察官 (jiǎncháguān)legal officer in communist country collector
Finnish veronkantaja, prokuristi
- veronkantajatax collector
- prokuristiagent or attorney
- edustajaagent or attorney
- asiamiesagent or attorney
- prokuraattorilegal officer in communist country collector
- prokuraattoriAncient Rome: governor of small province
Greek πληρεξούσιος, πληρεξούσιος
- πληρεξούσιος (plirexoúsios)legal officer in communist country collector
- πληρεξούσιος (plirexoúsios)Ancient Rome: governor of small province
Cite this entry
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