procurator
Meanings
Plural: procurators
Noun
- a person authorized to act for another
- (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes
- A tax collector.
- An agent or attorney.
- A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see public procurator
- The governor of a small imperial province.
Origin / Etymology
Inherited from Middle English procuratour, from Anglo-Norman procuratour, from Latin prōcūrātor, from prōcūrō (“I procure”) (English procure). Equivalent to procure + -ator and a doublet of proctor.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
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Words With Friends Score: 17
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