procurator

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: proc=u=ra=tor

CIDE DICTIONARY

procurator, n. [L.: cf. F. procurateur. See Procure, and cf. Proctor. ].

•  One who manages another's affairs, either generally or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor.  Chaucer. Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

procurator, n.
1 an agent or proxy, esp. one who has power of attorney.
2 Rom.Hist. a treasury officer in an imperial province.

Idiom

procurator fiscal (in Scotland) a local coroner and public prosecutor.

Derivative

procuratorial adj. procuratorship n.

Etymology

ME f. OF procurateur or L procurator administrator, finance-agent (as PROCURE)

THESAURUS

procurator

MC, advocate, agent, alter ego, alternate, amicus curiae, attorney, attorney-at-law, backup, backup man, bailiff, barrister, barrister-at-law, butler, champion, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law, croupier, curator, custodian, deputy, dummy, emcee, executive officer, exponent, factor, figurehead, friend at court, guardian, housekeeper, intercessor, landreeve, lawyer, legal adviser, legal counselor, legal expert, legal practitioner, legalist, librarian, lieutenant, locum, locum tenens, majordomo, master of ceremonies, mouthpiece, paranymph, pinch hitter, pleader, proctor, proxy, representative, sea lawyer, second in command, secondary, self-styled lawyer, seneschal, solicitor, stand-in, steward, substitute, surrogate, understudy, utility man, vicar, vicar general, vice, vicegerent

ROGET THESAURUS

procurator

Director

N director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, superintendent, supervisor, straw boss, intendant, overseer, overlooker, supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile, moderator, monitor, taskmaster, master, leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator, caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy, guiding star, adviser, guide, pilot, helmsman, steersman, steermate, wire-puller, driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer, coachman, carman, cabman, postilion, vetturino, muleteer, arriero, teamster, whipper in, head, head man, head center, boss, principal, president, speaker, chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, captain, superior, mayor, vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch, officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist, bureaucrat, man in office, Jack in office, office bearer, person in authority, statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist, statemonger, Minos, Draco, arbiter, boss, political dictator, board, secretary, secretary of state, Reis Effendi, vicar, steward, factor, agent, bailiff, middleman, foreman, clerk of works, landreeve, factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier, proctor, procurator, ex officio.