proctors

noun

1. 1

   A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.

2. 2

   An official at any of several older universities.

3. 3

   A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts.

4. 4

   One appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, such as lepers and the bedridden.

5. 5

   A procurator or manager for another.

6. 6

   A representative of the clergy in convocation.