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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a person authorized to act for another;
[syn: proxy, placeholder, procurator]

2. (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Procurator \Proc"u*ra`tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. procurateur. See Procure, and cf. Proctor. ] [1913 Webster] 1. (Law) One who manages another's affairs, either generally or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor. --Chaucer. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Rom. Antiq.) A governor of a province under the emperors; also, one who had charge of the imperial revenues in a province; as, the procurator of Judea. [1913 Webster] Procurator fiscal (Scots Law), public prosecutor, or district attorney. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

procurator n 1: a person authorized to act for another [syn: proxy, placeholder, procurator] 2: (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes