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procurator Definition

procu·ra·tor (präk′yo̵̅o̅ rāt′ər, -yə-)

noun

  1. an official of ancient Rome who managed the financial affairs of a province or acted as governor of a lesser province
  2. a person employed to manage another's affairs; agent

Etymology: ME procuratour < OFr < L procurator < procurare: see procure

procurator Related Forms

proc′u·ra·to′·rial (-yo̵̅o̅ re tôr′ē əl, -yə-) adjective

procurator Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • appoint: He had been appointed Procurator in Spain and entrusted with managing the Revenue.
  • depute: Depute procurator fiscal Pamela Rhodes said that a fatal accident inquiry was to be held where this could be brought to light.
  • have: That job was different, because the region has 15 procurator fiscal offices.

Adjective modifier

  • regional: Each procurator fiscal is responsible for the management of his or her office, subject to the oversight of the regional procurator fiscal.
  • local: Gumption from the local procurator fiscal would help, eg telling complainants to stop wasting police time and taxpayers ' money.
  • new: He will have worked closely with Classicianus, the new procurator.
  • imperial: In return had to pass over half the lead mined to the government's imperial procurator to be given to the government.
  • provincial: Britain was still regarded by Rome as a prize and so Sextus Virius Marcellus a provincial procurator to handle the financial affairs.
  • assistant: Before being elected to Westminster he was a solicitor, an assistant procurator fiscal, and a hotel manager.

Modifies a noun

fiscal: A report has been sent to the Procurator Fiscal.