proctor

Meanings

Plural: proctors

Noun

• someone who supervises (an examination)
• A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.
• An official at any of several older universities.
• A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts.
• One appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, such as lepers and the bedridden.
• A procurator or manager for another.
• A representative of the clergy in convocation.

Verb

• watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating)
• to function as a proctor
• to manage as an attorney or agent

Synonyms

invigilate, invigilator, monitor