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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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He did not answer on that point but in relation to his decision, said "the procurator is independent of the Church and all others involved in the process".

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

It said the procurator fiscal had decided against bringing Ms Docherty before a court and if she accepted the warning she would not be prosecuted.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

There are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.

From BBC • May 11, 2025

A force spokesperson said: "A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal in due course."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025

Many Jews inhabited Alexandria, but there they were half Hellenized; here for the first time she saw Jews as the procurator had described them, and as they were in their own native nest.

From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.