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

The force said the man is due to appear in court a later date and a report is being submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025

He previously worked as a prosecutor in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, where he was one of the prosecutors during the Lockerbie bombing trial which led to Abdelbaset al-Megrahi being convicted in 2001.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service says plea deals avoid the need for a trial and the stress of witnesses having to give evidence.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025

Franciscus de Gambis, Procurator Fisci, was the coadjutor in the prosecution, opening the case in Pamphlet 5, but thereafter playing little part in the case.

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

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