# procurator

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɹɒkjʊˌɹeɪtə/ · frequency rank #43,858

## Definitions
1. A tax collector.
2. An agent or attorney.
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
4. The governor of a small imperial province.

## Etymology
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.

## Common misspellings (15)
`porcurator`, `pprocurator`, `prcourator`, `proccurator`, `procruator`, `procuartor`, `procuraotr`, `procuratorr`, `procuratro`, `procurattor`, `procurrator`, `procurtaor`, `proucrator`, `prrocurator`, `rpocurator`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/procurator