procurator : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: procurator	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for procurator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
procurator n a person authorized to act for another [syn: proxy, placeholder, procurator] (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Procurator \Proc"ura`tor\, n. [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.