Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PROC'TOR
PROC'TOR, n. [contracted from L. procurator, from procuro; pro and curo.]
- In a general sense, one who is employed to manage the affairs of another. – Hooker.
- Appropriately, a person employed to manage another's cause in a court of civil or ecclesiastical law, as in the court of admiralty, or in a spiritual court. – Swift.
- The magistrate of a university. – Walter.
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