procurator
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- noun
- /ˌprɒkjʊˈreɪtər/
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procurador
- The Emperor appointed a procurator to manage the financial affairs of the district.
- procurator fiscal
- Roman procurator
Examples
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The procurator directly responsible for the interrogation of Sorge was Yoshikawa Mitsusada of the Thought Department of the Tokyo District Court Procurator Bureau.
Fiction book (1996) -
The United States needs to develop its own versions of viceroys, legates, residents, and procurators.
Academic text (2004) -
Have you no respect for our Roman procurator?
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The other major institutional change that all these countries are likely to adopt is a reduction in the powers of the procurator.
Academic text (1991) -
The most powerful such official was the procurator, the official "guardian of Socialist legality," who was not only the prosecutor but also played a ubiquitous role in the communist legal systems.
Academic text (1991) -
Seething under the supervision of unpopular procurators, the Jews rose up in fierce rebellion in 66 A.D.
Academic text (2004) -
The lad looked pale and frightened, but did not move as Arthur Duncan, procurator fiscal for the parish of Cranesmuir, drew himself up into an approximation of dignity and prepared to pronounce sentence.
Fiction book (1991) -
In ancient Rome, the procurator was responsible for overseeing tax collection in the provinces.
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The role of a procurator included ensuring that the province adhered to Roman tax laws.
Synonyms
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5.0
A person who manages money and pays bills for a group or company
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8.8
A person who checks and keeps an organization's financial records, often in government or large companies
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3.6
A person who takes money from people to pay taxes to the government
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3.1
A government worker who collects taxes from people and businesses
A Roman official who manages a province's money and administration when the usual officer is absent
A public official in ancient Rome who managed public money
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word procurator comes from the Latin verb procurare, from pro- 'for' and cura 'care', the same root you see in the English word curator. So a Roman procurator was someone who 'took care for' the emperor's money and taxes, which is why the word means a financial manager.