procurator
nounUK /ˈpɹɒkjʊˌɹeɪtə/ · US /ˈpɹɑkjəˌɹeɪtɚ/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English procuratour, from Anglo-Norman procuratour, from Latin prōcūrātor, from prōcūrō (“to procure”) (English procure). Equivalent to procure + -ator and a doublet of proctor and procurer.
1
A tax collector.
2
An agent or attorney.
3
A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see public procurator
4
Ancient Rome The governor of a small imperial province.
- Derived terms
- procurator fiscal, procurator-general, procuratorial, procuratorship, procuratress
- Related terms
- curator, proctor, procuracy, procuratorate, procure, inquisitor