Procurator

//ˈpɹɒkjʊˌɹeɪtə// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tax collector.
  2. 2
    (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes wordnet
  3. 3
    An agent or attorney.
  4. 4
    a person authorized to act for another wordnet
  5. 5
    A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see public procurator
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  1. 6
    The governor of a small imperial province. Ancient-Rome

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English procuratour, from Anglo-Norman procuratour, from Latin prōcūrātor, from prōcūrō (“to procure”) (English procure). Equivalent to procure + -ator and a doublet of proctor.

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procurator fiscalprocurator-general

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