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proctor 1. a member of the teaching staff of any of certain universities having the duties of enforcing discipline 2. US (in a college or university) a supervisor or monitor who invigilates examinations, enforces discipline, etc. 3. (formerly) an agent, esp one engaged to conduct another's case in a court 4. (formerly) an agent employed to collect tithes 5. Church of England one of the elected representatives of the clergy in Convocation and the General Synod |
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| On Lady Verinder's death, the Will was placed in the hands of my proctor to be "proved" Fogg said to Fix, "You have not seen this Colonel Proctor again? There were scientific works, too, among which were represented men such as Tyndall, Proctor, and Darwin. |
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