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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Prŏc'ū-rā'tor, n.

noun

n. [Lat., It. procuratore, procuratore, Sp. procurador, Pr. procuraire, Fr. procurateur, procureur.]

  1. (Law.) One who manages another’s affairs. See PROCTOR. Shak.
  2. (Rom. Antiq.) A governor of a province under the emperors; as, the procurator of Judea; also, a certain officer who had the management of the revenue.