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procurator
English
Alternative forms
- procuratour (obsolete)
Etymology
Anglo-Norman procuratour, from Latin pr?c?r?tor, from pr?c?r? (“I procure”) (English procure). Equivalent to procure +? -ator.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p??kj???e?t?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??kj???e?t?/
- 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.
Related terms
Translations
See also
- (legal): inquisitor
References
- OED2
Latin
Etymology
From pr?c?r? (“I manage, administer”) +? -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pro?.ku??ra?.tor/, [p?o?ku???ä?t??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro.ku?ra.tor/, [p??ku????t??r]
Noun
pr?c?r?tor m (genitive pr?c?r?t?ris); third declension
- manager, overseer, superintendent
- procurator (office)
- agent, deputy
- tax collector (during the imperial eras)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
- ? Catalan: procurador
- ? German: Prokuratur
- ? Italian: procuratore
- ? Old French: procuratour
- ? Middle English: procuratour, proctour
- English: procurator, proctor
- French: procurateur
- ? Middle English: procuratour, proctour
- ? Old Irish: procatóir
- Irish: prócadóir
- ? Polish: prokurator
- ? Portuguese: procurador
- ? Spanish: procurador
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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- procurator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- procurator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) 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
Romanian
Etymology
From French procurateur, from Latin procurator.
Noun
procurator m (plural procuratori)
- procurator
Declension
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prefect
English
Alternative forms
- præfect (archaic)
- praefect
Etymology
From Middle English prefect, prefecte, from Old French prefect (French préfet), from Latin praefectus (“overseer, director, prefect”). Literally 'one having been put in charge'.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?i?fekt/
Noun
prefect (plural prefects)
- (historical) An official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.
- the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, or of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person
- The head of a department in France.
- The head of a prefecture in Japan.
- (Britain) A school pupil in a position of power over other pupils.
- A commander.
Synonyms
- (Roman office): provost (obs.)
Translations
Anagrams
- perfect
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin praefectus
Noun
prefect m (plural prefec?i)
- prefect (head of county in Romania)
Declension
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