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cu·ra·tor C0810600 (kyo͝o-rā′tər, kyo͝or′ə-tər)n.1. One who manages or oversees, as the administrative director of a museum collection or a library.2. One who gathers something, organizes it, and makes it available to the public: a curator of online resources for gardeners. [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 (kyo͝or′ə-tôr′ē-əl) adj.cu·ra′tor·ship′ n.curator (kjʊəˈreɪtə) n1. the administrative head of a museum, art gallery, or similar institution2. (Law) law chiefly Scot a guardian of a minor, mentally ill person, etc[C14: from Latin: one who cares, from cūrāre to care for, from cūra care] curatorial adj cuˈratorˌship ncu•ra•tor (kyʊˈreɪ tər, ˈkyʊər eɪ-) n. 1. the person in charge of a museum, art collection, zoo, etc. 2. a manager or overseer; superintendent. [1325–75; < Anglo-French < Latin, =cūrā(re) to care for, (see cure) + -tor -tor] cu`ra•to′ri•al (-əˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-) adj. cu•ra′tor•ship`, n. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | curator - the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)conservatorcustodian, keeper, steward - one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals | Translationscurator (kjuəˈreitə) noun a person in charge of a museum etc. (博物館或圖書館)館長 (博物馆或图书馆)馆长 curator
curator Law chiefly Scots a guardian of a minor, mentally ill person, etc. curator
curator in the family law of Scotland, usually a parent who has responsibility to act with a minor in his affairs. The Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 has practically replaced the term with the guardian, who has responsibility for children under 16 who, under the Act, cannot contract without his consent save in exceptional circumstances set out in the Act.CURATOR, persons, contracts. One who has been legally appointed to take care of the interests of one who, on account of his youth, or defect of his understanding, or for some other cause, is unable to attend to them himself. 2. There are curators ad bona, of property, who administer the estate of a minor, take care of his person, and intervene in all his contracts; curators ad litem, of suits, who assist the minor in courts of justice, and act as curator ad bona in cases where the interests of the curator are opposed to the interests of the minor. Civ. Code of Louis. art. 357 to 366. There are also curators of insane persons Id. art. 31; and of vacant successions and absent heirs. Id. art. 1105 to 1125. 3. The term curator is usually employed in the civil law, for that of guardian. curator
Synonyms for curatornoun the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)SynonymsRelated Words |