proctor

n. supervisor, overseer; one who monitors students during an examination

Proctor, an English variant of the word procurator, is a person who takes charge or acts for another. The word proctor is frequently used to describe someone who oversees an exam or dormitory. The title is used in England in three principal senses:In law a proctor is an attorney or solicitor acting in some courts.In the church a proctor represents the clergy in Church of England dioceses.In education a Proctor is the name of important university officials in certain universities, for example at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
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Noun
1. someone who supervises (an examination)
(synonym) monitor
(hypernym) supervisor
(hyponym) invigilator
(derivation) invigilate
Verb
1. as of students taking an exam, to prevent cheating
(synonym) invigilate
(hypernym) watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on
(derivation) monitor

(v. t.)
To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.
  

(n.)
One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.
  

(n.)
An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.
  

(n.)
An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity.
  

(n.)
A representative of the clergy in convocation.
  

(n.)
A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar.
  

One appointed to represent in judgment the party who empowers him, by writing under his hand called a proxy. The term is used chiefly in the courts of civil and ecclesiastical law. The proctor is somewhat similar to the attorney.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.