Definition: proctor

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

proctor
     n : someone who supervises (an examination) [syn: monitor]
     v : as of students taking an exam, to prevent cheating [syn: invigilate]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Proctor \Proc"tor\, v. t.
   To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or
   agent. --Bp. Warburton.
Proctor \Proc"tor\, n. [OE. proketour, contr. fr. procurator.
   See Procurator.]
   One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.
   Specifically:
   (a) A person appointed to collect alms for those who could
       not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the
       bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar. [Obs.] --Nares.
   (b) (Eng. Law) An officer employed in admiralty and
       ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at
       common law, or to a solicitor in equity. --Wharton.
   (c) (Ch. of Eng.) A representative of the clergy in
       convocation.
   (d) An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to
       enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.

Source: U.S. Gazetteer (1990) 

Proctor, AR
  Zip code(s): 72376
Proctor, MN (city, FIPS 52630)
  Location: 46.74310 N, 92.22739 W
  Population (1990): 2974 (1245 housing units)
  Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 55810
Proctor, MT
  Zip code(s): 59929
Proctor, OK
  Zip code(s): 74457
Proctor, VT
  Zip code(s): 05765
Proctor, WV
  Zip code(s): 26055