procurator
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈpɹɑkjəˌɹeɪtɚ/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈpɹɒkjʊˌɹeɪtə/
Noun

procurator (plural procurators)

  1. A tax collector.
  2. An agent or attorney.
  3. A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see public procurator
  4. (Ancient Rome) The governor of a small imperial province.



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