Meaning

4 senses

  1. A tax collector.

  2. An agent or attorney.

  3. A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see public procurator

  4. (Ancient Rome)The governor of a small imperial province.

More definitions
  • (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes
  • a person authorized to act for another

Origin

Inherited from Middle English procuratour, from Anglo-Norman procuratour, from Latin prōcū

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 and procurer.

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Forms

plural: procurators
Singularprocurator
Pluralprocurators

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words
RelatedcuratorC2proctorprocuracyprocuratorateprocureinquisitor
Derivedprocurator fiscalprocurator-generalprocuratorialprocuratorshipprocuratress

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
procrastinationB1procrastinatorproctorprocureprocurementprod
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