Thesaurus results for PROCURATOR

procurator

noun

ˈprä-kyə-ˌrā-tər

as in deputy

a person who acts or does business for another he was appointed procurator of the church and was responsible for all of the financial arrangements

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Recent Examples of procurator Andrei Vyshinsky, procurator general in the 1930s, had overseen Stalin’s horrendous purges of millions of ordinary citizens – plus most of the members of the Communist Party Central Committee and top Soviet generals. —

Peter Bridges, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2022 The procurator of Roman Britain, Catus Decianus, ordered an extra two hundred men to Camulodunum and figured the problem was solved. —

Anne Thériault, Longreads, 14 May 2021 In September, the procurator general and advocate general, who advise the court, published an opinion urging the justices to reject the government’s arguments. —

BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2019 Moving forward requires that the group shell out as much as $7,000, which includes a filing fee and the cost of hiring a procurator-advocate, who will argue the case on the group’s behalf. —

Jordan Otero Sisson, Courant Community, 26 Dec. 2017

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Noun

And explained the reasoning behind voting against it in remarks from deputy ambassador Dan Negrea.

— Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 26 Mar. 2026
Ann Williams, deputy superintendent of operations, said the event was held in advance of a topping-out ceremony, a construction milestone that marks the placement of the final structural steel beam at the top of a building.

— Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026