proctor(n = noun.person) monitor - someone who supervises (an examination);
is a kind of supervisor
has particulars: invigilator
Derived forms verb proctor₁, noun proctorship₁

   proctor(v = verb.social) invigilate - watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating);
is one way to follow, keep an eye on, observe, watch, watch over
Derived form noun proctor₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody

   One who is employed to manage to affairs of another. [1913 Webster]

   To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent. Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]

proctor, n.
1 Brit. an officer (usu. one of two) at certain universities, appointed annually and having mainly disciplinary functions.
2 US a supervisor of students in an examination etc.
3 Law a person managing causes in a court (now chiefly ecclesiastical) that administers civil or canon law.
4 a representative of the clergy in the Church of England convocation.

Idiom:
Queen's (or King's) Proctor (in the UK) an official who has the right to intervene in probate, divorce, and nullity cases when collusion or the suppression of facts is alleged.

Derivative:
proctorial adj. proctorship n.

Etymology:
ME, syncopation of PROCURATOR

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