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cu⋅ra⋅tor
[kyoo-rey-ter, kyoo
r-ey- for 1, 2; kyoor-uh-ter for 3] 
–noun
| 1. | the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc. |
| 2. | a manager; superintendent. |
| 3. | Law. a guardian of a minor, lunatic, or other incompetent, esp. with regard to his or her property. |
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| cu·ra·tor (kyŏŏ-rā'tər, kyŏŏr'ə-tər) n. One who manages or oversees, as the administrative director of a museum collection or a library. [Middle English curatour, legal guardian, from Old French curateur, from Latin cūrātor, overseer, from cūrātus, past participle of cūrāre, to take care of; see curative.] cu'ra·to'ri·al (kyŏŏr'ə-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-) adj., cu·ra'tor·ship' n. |
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Curator
Cu*ra"tor\ (k?-r?"t?r). n. [L., fr. curare to take care of, fr. cura care.]1. One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a museum; a custodian; a keeper. 2. 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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Language Translation for : curator
Spanish:
conservador,
German:
der Museumsdirektor,
Japanese:
館長
curator
1362, from L. curator "overseer, guardian," from curare (see curate). Originally of minors, lunatics, etc.; meaning "officer in charge of a museum, library, etc." is from 1661.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: cu·ra·tor
Pronunciation: 'kyur-"A-t&r, kyu-'rA-t&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, guardian, from curare to take care of
in the civil law of Louisiana : a person appointed by a court to care for the property of an absent person or to care for the person or property of someone mentally incapable of doing so —compare COMMITTEE, CONSERVATOR, GUARDIAN, INTERDICT, TUTOR —cu·ra·tor·ship noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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