noun
Meaning 1
A tax collector.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
procurator
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒkjʊˌɹeɪtə/
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General-American: /ˈpɹɑkjəˌɹeɪtɚ/
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obsolete: /ˌpɹɒkjʊˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
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noun
Meaning 2
An agent or attorney.
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noun
Meaning 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
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noun
Meaning 4
The governor of a small imperial province.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ancient-Rome
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noun
Meaning 5
(ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bureaucrat, administrative official
Narrower terms: Pilate, Pontius Pilate
noun
Meaning 6
a person authorized to act for another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: proxy, placeholder
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Broader terms: agent
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: бирник (birnik) — tax collector
- Finnish: veronkantaja — tax collector
- Macedonian: да́ночник (dánočnik) — tax collector
- Bulgarian: агент — agent or attorney
- Bulgarian: пълнонощник (pǎlnonoštnik) — agent or attorney
- Finnish: prokuristi — agent or attorney
- Finnish: edustaja — agent or attorney
- Finnish: asiamies — agent or attorney
- Macedonian: аге́нт (agént) — agent or attorney
- Macedonian: полно́мошник (polnómošnik) — agent or attorney
- Middle English: procuratour — agent or attorney
- Bulgarian: следовател (sledovatel) — legal officer in communist country collector
- Chinese Mandarin: 檢察官 /检察官 (jiǎncháguān) — legal officer in communist country collector
- Finnish: prokuraattori — legal officer in communist country collector
- Greek: πληρεξούσιος (plirexoúsios) — legal officer in communist country collector
- Bulgarian: прокуратор (prokurator) — Ancient Rome: governor of small province
- Finnish: prokuraattori — Ancient Rome: governor of small province
- Greek: πληρεξούσιος (plirexoúsios) — Ancient Rome: governor of small province
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