procurator

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

• Anglo-Norman procuratour, from Latin prōcūrātor, from prōcūrō (English procure). Equivalent to procure + -ator.