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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.