Associations to the word «Procurator»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

PROCURATOR, noun. A person authorized to act for another.
PROCURATOR, noun. (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley