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The definition of a proctor is a person who administers a test and watches over students as they take it, or an officer at a university that is appointed annually to monitor student discipline and handle disciplinary functions.

(noun)

A person who is hired to watch students take their SAT test in order to make sure they do not cheat and to announce when time is up is an example of a proctor.
A person who receives an annual appointment to a disciplinary position at a college and who oversees student disciplinary hearings on academic misconduct and drinking offenses is an example of a proctor.

Proctor is to administer a test to students.

(verb)

When you hand out the SAT test to students, keep time and watch over them to make sure they do not cheat, this is an example of a time when you proctor the test.

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See proctor in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person employed to manage the affairs of another; agent; attorney
a person who supervises or monitors students, as at an examination

Origin: ME proketour, contr. < procuratour: see procurator

transitive verb

to supervise (an academic examination)

Related Forms:

proctorial adjective
proctorship noun

See proctor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A supervisor especially of an examination or dormitory in a school.

transitive verb proc·tored, proc·tor·ing, proc·tors

To supervise (an examination).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English procutor, proctour, university officer, manager

Origin: , from procuratour; see procurator

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Related Forms:

proc·toˈri·al (-tôrˈē-əl, -tōrˈ-) adjective

procˈtor·shipˌ noun

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