Curator

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who manages or oversees, as the administrative director of a museum collection or a library.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In Roman law, one appointed to manage the affairs of a person past the age of puberty when from any cause he has become unfit to manage them himself.
  • n. In civil law, a guardian; specifically, one who has the care of the estate of a minor or other incompetent person.
  • n. One who has the care and superintendence of something, as of a public museum, fine-art collection, or the like.
  • n. In Scotch law, one appointed as guardian for minors, incompetents, etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    steward    custodian    keeper   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    custodian    keeper    trustee    guardian    custodia   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Crater    Creator    Decatur    Equator    Lemaitre    Mercator    Pater    Slater    amphitheater    amphitheatre   
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