Curator
[kjʊ(ə)'reɪtə] or [kjʊ'retɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library).
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Definition
(n.) One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a museum; a custodian; a keeper.
(n.) One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee; a guardian.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Guardian, custodian, superintendent, keeper.
Checker: Presley
Definition
n. one who has the charge of anything: a superintendent: one appointed by law as guardian: a member of a board for electing university professors and the like:—fem. Curā′trix.—n. Curā′torship the office of a curator.
Checker: Maisie
Examples
- The next year he was recalled to Freiberg as teacher of mineralogy and curator of collections. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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