Both Uses of
proctor
in
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- They says: "There's several; but it's the Proctors, mainly."†
Chpt 28 *
- She said, don't say nothing about the Proctors, but only about the Apthorps—which 'll be perfectly true, because she is going there to speak about their buying the house; I know it, because she told me so herself.†
Chpt 28
Definitions:
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(1)
(proctor) a person overseeing students -- especially watching over students to prevent cheating during a test; or the act of doing the overseeing
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, proctor can reference a supervisor in a school dormitory. Much more rarely, in England a proctor can reference a legal or religious officer.