Proctor

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1. Noun

One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.

2. Noun

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.

3. Noun

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

4. Noun

A representative of the clergy in convocation.

5. Noun

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

6. Verb

To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.
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