"procurator" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹɑkjəˌɹeɪtɚ/ [General-American], /ˈpɹɒkjʊˌɹeɪtə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: procurators [plural]
Etymology: Anglo-Norman procuratour, from Latin prōcūrātor, from prōcūrō (“I procure”) (English procure). Equivalent to procure + -ator. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|xno|procuratour}} Anglo-Norman procuratour, {{uder|en|la|prōcūrātor}} Latin prōcūrātor, {{suffix|en|procure|ator|nocat=1}} procure + -ator Head templates: {{en-noun}} procurator (plural procurators)
  1. A tax collector. Categories (topical): Taxation Translations (tax collector): бирник (birnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), veronkantaja (Finnish), да́ночник (dánočnik) [masculine] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-procurator-en-noun-hIwqMwJc Disambiguation of Taxation: 45 25 11 20 Disambiguation of 'tax collector': 90 4 3 3
  2. An agent or attorney. Translations (agent or attorney): агент [agent, masculine] (Bulgarian), пълнонощник (pǎlnonoštnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), prokuristi (Finnish), edustaja (Finnish), asiamies (Finnish), аге́нт (agént) [masculine] (Macedonian), полно́мошник (polnómošnik) [masculine] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-procurator-en-noun-9ZfTB9wK Disambiguation of 'agent or attorney': 4 89 5 2
  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 Translations (legal officer in communist country collector): следовател (sledovatel) (Bulgarian), 檢察官 (Chinese Mandarin), 检察官 (jiǎncháguān) (Chinese Mandarin), prokuraattori (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-procurator-en-noun-SRGo3NRM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 79 5 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 9 17 67 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 11 81 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 6 64 2 2 2 7 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 4 69 2 2 1 4 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 13 69 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 13 69 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 16 13 62 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 11 68 10 Disambiguation of 'legal officer in communist country collector': 35 9 52 4
  4. (Ancient Rome) The governor of a small imperial province. Tags: Ancient-Rome Categories (topical): Ancient Rome Translations (Ancient Rome: governor of small province): прокуратор (prokurator) (Bulgarian), prokuraattori (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-procurator-en-noun-MuORgB9C Disambiguation of 'Ancient Rome: governor of small province': 3 3 41 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: procuratour [obsolete] Derived forms: procurator fiscal, procurator-general Related terms: curator, proctor, procuracy, procuratorate, procure, inquisitor [legal, law]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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