Definition of proctor

• n. - One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.
• n. - A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar.
• n. - An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity.
• n. - A representative of the clergy in convocation.
• n. - An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.
• v. t. - To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.