单词 | pro-proctor |
释义 | pro-proctorn. Originally: an officer acting for and under the control of the proctors of a university. Now: an assistant or deputy university proctor. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > proctor > pro-proctor pro-proctor1637 rector1665 1637 W. Laud in H. Wharton Hist. Troubles W. Laud (1700) II. 143 I know nothing in the Statutes that exempts a Pro-proctor from any Exercise which lies upon him in the University. 1663 in A. Wood Life & Times (O.H.S.) 492 The 24 masters of Art,..that were to be as pro-proctors and exercise procuratorial power over schollers. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius Pref. 20 One of the pro-proctors for the last and the present year. 1784 Biographia Britannica (ed. 2) III. 47 In 1725, when our learned tutor was Pro-proctor and Master of the Schools, he spoke, before the determining bachelors, a Latin oration, intitled Heli. 1834 C. Darwin Let. 24 July in Corr. (1985) I. 400 In your paternal capacity, as pro-proctor what a great deal of trouble you appear to have had. a1884 M. Pattison Mem. (1885) 229 For the proctorial year 1847 I had acted as proproctor to Green. 1969 Univ. Oxf. Rep. Comm. Relations with Junior Members 31 The Proctors..are assisted in their duties by four Pro-Proctors. 1996 Independent (Nexis) 27 Jan. 13 He was Pro-Proctor of the university in 1967–68. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1637 |
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