Definitions

procurator

[prok-yuh-rey-ter] / ˈprɒk yəˌreɪ tər /

NOUN

lawyer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advocate counselor

STRONG

attorney barrister counsel counsellor defender jurist mouthpiece pleader practitioner proctor solicitor

WEAK

attorney-at-law jurisprudent legal adviser legal eagle legist member of the bar

NOUN

substitute

Synonyms

STRONGEST

backup replacement stand-in surrogate

STRONG

agent alternate assistant auxiliary changeling delegate deputy double dummy equivalent expediency expedient fill in ghost locum makeshift proxy recourse refuge relay relief representative reserve resort resource standby stopgap sub succedaneum successor supplanter supply symbol temp temporary understudy vicar

WEAK

dernier ressort ghost writer locum tenens pinch-hitter temporary expedient

Antonyms

STRONG

being entity permanent

Example Sentences

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Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC leads the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and also acts as chief legal adviser to the Scottish government.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Procurator fiscal Andy Shanks, of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, said the deaths highlighted the "inherent risks of mountaineering".

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

The force said a report on the death would be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026

After his court appearance the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service warned that the proceedings were subject to contempt of court rules.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

This is evident from the letters of Abate Paolo Franceschini, which presuppose these troubles and which were considered for the Defence by the Procurator of the Poor.

From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous

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