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INVIGILATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does invigilator mean?
• INVIGILATOR (noun)
The noun INVIGILATOR has 1 sense:
1. someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating
Familiarity information: INVIGILATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("invigilator" is a kind of...):
monitor; proctor (someone who supervises (an examination))
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Derivation:
invigilate (watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating))
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