 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
procurator
noun
1: a person authorized to act for another [syn: {proxy}, {placeholder}]
2: (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman emperor to
manage finance and taxes
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Procurator \Proc"u*ra'tor\, noun [L.: cf. F. procurateur. See
{Procure}, and cf. {Proctor}. ]
1. (Law) One who manages another's affairs, either generally
or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor. --Chaucer.
Shak.
2. (Rom. Antiq.) A governor of a province under the emperors;
also, one who had charge of the imperial revenues in a
province; as, the procurator of Judea.
{Procurator fiscal} (Scots Law), public prosecutor, or
district attorney.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "procurator":
MC, advocate, agent, alter ego, alternate, amicus curiae, attorney,
attorney-at-law, backup, backup man, bailiff, barrister,
barrister-at-law, butler, champion, counsel, counselor,
counselor-at-law, croupier, curator, custodian, deputy, dummy,
emcee, executive officer, exponent, factor, figurehead,
friend at court, guardian, housekeeper, intercessor, landreeve,
lawyer, legal adviser, legal counselor, legal expert,
legal practitioner, legalist, librarian, lieutenant, locum,
locum tenens, majordomo, master of ceremonies, mouthpiece,
paranymph, pinch hitter, pleader, proctor, proxy, representative,
sea lawyer, second in command, secondary, self-styled lawyer,
seneschal, solicitor, stand-in, steward, substitute, surrogate,
understudy, utility man, vicar, vicar general, vice, vicegerent
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