proctor

noun proc·tor \ ˈpräk-tər \

|Updated on: 8 Jul 2018

Definition of proctor

: supervisor, monitor; specifically : one appointed to supervise students (as at an examination)

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proctor

verb

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proctorial

play \präk-ˈtȯr-ē-əl\ adjective

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proctorship

play \ˈpräk-tər-ˌship\ noun

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Recent Examples of proctor from the Web

Katy ISD Engineer Susan Gesoff won the Position 6 seat on the Katy ISD board and Katy ISD test proctor Dawn Champagne won Position 7.

— andrea rumbaugh, Houston Chronicle, "Liaison takes the lead in race for Larry Green’s District K seat," 5 May 2018
All teachers serving as PSSA test proctors receive specific training on testing protocol.

— valerie strauss, Washington Post, "Teacher in trouble for making pancakes for kids taking standardized test," 18 Apr. 2018
The proctor picks three people from the list and asks you to describe how two of them are similar to each other and different from the third person.

— lacy schley, Discover Magazine, "Personality," 15 June 2018
Hoping to fill the Position 7 seat is Don Massey, who works for Rothchild Commercal and formerly was general manager at Katy Mills Mall, and Dawn Champagne, a test proctor for gifted and talented students in the Katy ISD.

— mike glenn, Houston Chronicle, "Early voting starts today in Katy," 23 Apr. 2018
There is no better test of those skills than playoff basketball, and no more exacting proctor than the Warriors.

— rob mahoney, SI.com, "Breakaway: Clint Capela Stakes His Claim," 18 May 2018
The high school teachers are no more than proctors supervising the students taking online computer courses.

— valerie strauss, Washington Post, "N.C. educator takes on critic who said teachers have it easy and should stop complaining," 9 Apr. 2018
The league could turn the test-taking into a couple days worth of programming, at least, with a B-list celebrity host/proctor and an uncomfortable amount of game show shtick.

— jacob feldman, SI.com, "Just Publish the Wonderlic Scores—All of Them," 2 Apr. 2018
In addition to setting up the classes and acting as the unofficial proctor to keep the din manageable and the proceedings moving along, Newman also makes videos of the dishes being made, posting them online at youtube.com/culturevulture18.

— richard a. marini, San Antonio Express-News, "Cooking the food of the world, right here in S.A.," 22 Jan. 2018

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