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noun
A person who supervises students during an examination; a proctor
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
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noun
A person who supervises a gallery at a museum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, archaic
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noun
someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: proctor, monitor
History
From invigilate + -or, from Latin invigilatus, past participle of invigilo.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
