procurator

== English == === Alternative forms === procuratour (obsolete) === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒkjʊˌɹeɪtə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑkjəˌɹeɪtɚ/ (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɒkjʊˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ Hyphenation: proc‧u‧ra‧tor === Noun === procurator (plural procurators) A tax collector. An agent or attorney. A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see public procurator (Ancient Rome) The governor of a small imperial province. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (legal): inquisitor === References === OED2 == Latin == === Etymology === From prōcūrō (“to manage, administer”) + tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proː.kuːˈraː.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pro.kuˈraː.tor] === Noun === prōcūrātor m (genitive prōcūrātōris); third declension manager, overseer, superintendent procurator (office) agent, deputy tax collector (during the imperial eras) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “procurator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “procurator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "procurator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “procurator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers procurator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 “procurator”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Middle English == === Noun === procurator (Late Middle English) alternative form of procuratour == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French procurateur, from Latin procurator. === Noun === procurator m (plural procuratori) procurator ==== Declension ====