Proctor

n. [Contracted from procurator, q. v.] One who is employed to manage the affairs of another; hence, specifically, (a.) A person appointed to beg or collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bed-ridden, &c.;—hence, a beggar. [Obs.] Nares. Halliwell. (b.) (Law.) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes, answering to an attorney at common law, and to a solicitor in equity. Burrill. Wharton. (c.) (English Universities and some American Colleges.) An officer who attends to the morals of the students, and enforces obedience to the college regulations.