PROC'TOR, n. [contracted from L. procurator, from procuro; pro and curo.] 1. In a general sense, one who is employed to manage the affairs of another.2. 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.3. The magistrate of a university.PROC'TOR, v.i. To manage; a cant word.
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