one who is employed to manage to affairs of another.-a person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar.-an officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. he answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity.-a representative of the clergy in convocation.-an officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.-to act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.