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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who supervises students during an examination; a proctor Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
2. 2
   someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating wordnet
3. 3
   A person who supervises a gallery at a museum. Ireland, UK, archaic

Synonyms

All synonyms

proctorproctor

Etymology

From invigilate + -or, from Latin invigilatus, past participle of invigilo.

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