Procurator

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One authorized to manage the affairs of another; an agent.
  • n. An employee of the Roman emperor in civil affairs, especially in finance and taxes, in management of imperial estates and properties, and in governing minor provinces.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A tax collector.
  • n. An agent or attorney.
  • n. A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see public procurator
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who manages another's affairs, either generally or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor.
  • n. A governor of a province under the emperors; also, one who had charge of the imperial revenues in a province.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The manager of another's affairs; one who acts for or instead of another, and under his authority: especially, one who undertakes the care of any legal proceedings for another, and stands in his place; a proctor; an agent; in Scotland, one who represents a party in the inferior courts.
  • n. In Roman history, a financial agent or manager in an imperial province, corresponding to the questor in a senatorial province; also, an administrator of the imperial fiscus, or treasury, or one of certain other personal agents or representatives of the emperor.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person authorized to act for another
  • n. (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    agent   
    Cross Reference
    procurator fiscal    procure    curator   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    agent    proctor   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    paymaster    gluteus    treasurer    assessor    provost marshal   
     
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