One who is employed to manage to affairs of another. Specifically:
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.
An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.
To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent. Bp. Warburton.
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