procurator

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n. 代理人, 行政长官, 检察官 [经] 代理人, 受托人

发音

UK /ˈpɹɒkjʊˌɹeɪtə/
US /ˈpɹɑkjəˌɹeɪtɚ/
/ˌpɹɒkjʊˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/

词形变化

procurators 复数 procurators procuratrix

别名

procuratour

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tax collector.

  2. 2.

    An agent or attorney.

  3. 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

    检察官

  4. 4.

    The governor of a small imperial province.

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词源

Inherited from Middle English procuratour, from Anglo-Norman procuratour, from Latin prōcūrātor, from prōcūrō (“to procure”) (English procure). Equivalent to procure + -ator and a doublet of proctor and procurer.

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