procurator
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- a person authorized to act for anotherSynonyms: proxyplaceholderType of agent
- (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxesType of bureaucrat, administrative officialKinds Pilate, Pontius Pilate
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Proc′u·ra′tor noun
Origin: L.: cf. F. procurateur. See Procure, and cf. Proctor.
1. Law One who manages another's affairs, either generally or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor. Chaucer. Shak.
2. Roman antiquity 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.
Procurator fiscal Scots law, public prosecutor, or district attorney.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54