proctor

[prok-ter]

noun

1. a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.

2. an official charged with various duties, especially with the maintenance of good order.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to supervise or monitor.

proctor

/ prɒkˈtɔːrɪəl, ˈprɒktə /

noun

1. a member of the teaching staff of any of certain universities having the duties of enforcing discipline

2. (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

verb

1. (tr) to invigilate (an examination)

Other Word Forms

• proctorially adverb
• proctorial adjective
• proctorship noun
• subproctor noun
• subproctorial adjective
• subproctorship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of proctor¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; contracted variant of procurator

Word History and Origins

Origin of proctor¹

C14: syncopated variant of _procurator

Example Sentences

Tuesday — 15 minutes ahead of his 10 a.m. remote exam — Drelinger said the testing platform crashed when a proctor logged on.

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Singer’s accomplice, Mark Riddell, would proctor the exam and correct their daughter’s answers after she finished the test.

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Quiet descended as proctors distributed booklets for Round 1: nine Sudoku puzzles, with a 45-minute time limit.

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For less money, he also arranged for their children to take standardized admission exams with proctors who were in his pocket and would either correct mistakes on the tests or simply take it for them.

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An heir to the Hot Pockets fortune also admitted to paying Singer $100,000 to have a proctor correct her two daughters’ ACT exam answers.

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