Definition of curator in English:

curator

noun kjʊ(ə)ˈreɪtə

1A keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection.
the curator of drawings at the National Gallery
Example sentencesExamples
- The sale had been eagerly anticipated by collectors and museum curators.
- Since then, museum curators across the world have largely agreed not to exhibit mummified body parts out of respect for the dead.
- It is a group of presentations hosted by an artist curator or, as in one case, architect.
- The Whitney Museum recruited six outside curators to help select this year's biennial.
- With the permission of the curator of the National Museum, we were allowed to see the work in progress.
- A curator from the local museum was there in the U.K. as part of this scheme.
- A wrinkled old hill woman was the sole curator and keeper of the gallery then.
- Kindly the curator of the museum had made a display of a few of about 20 of the items you might see on your visit in the front window.
- Museum curators saw a shift from artists' hopelessness to a desperate need to contribute something to society.
- Unlike many museum exhibitions, the curators provided the information to the viewer in manageable pieces.
- Collectors, dealers and curators in specialised areas all knew each other, and there was supply enough to satisfy everyone.
- The artists are up-and-comers and players in the Sydney art scene and the curators are museum big wigs and people in the know.
- I know all the museum curators in the world and there is not one to match Tim's genius.
- This lag in attention has yet to be fully addressed by contemporary West Coast museums and curators.
- The curators of the museum have changed the content of the turbine room a few times since the museum opened.
- I have often felt sorry for the curators at the Royal Collection.
- It certainly wasn't a word you heard uttered by museum curators.
- The noise and lights derive not from history, but from the present manipulations of Imperial War Museum curators.
- The process involves 30 keepers, curators and registrars making a note of every single creature in the zoo.
- Very few museum curators have the opportunity or the budget to be so single-minded, to collect in depth in a highly specialised area.
Synonyms
custodian, keeper, conservator, guardian, caretaker, steward
1. 1.1 A person who selects acts to perform at a music festival.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Next month, as curator of the Meltdown festival, she will play it in its entirety on stage for the first time.

Derivatives

curatorship

noun kjʊ(ə)ˈreɪtəʃɪp

For example, at Northampton the archaeological and social history curatorships are to be merged.
Example sentencesExamples
- But the fest has endured, and, if this year's lineup is any indication, it is has done so due to the keen curatorship reflected in the films collected.
- Take these works together and you grasp what lies behind Macmillan's curatorship and a lifetime of scholarship.
- Every art work has parameters, and every art form tools, and if you get rid of frames and cameras you just move into another area - performance art, or curatorship - rather than bury film.
- Yet, while their curatorship is second to none, what has happened under the present Queen is a lack of real engagement by the key-player, the monarch herself, with the practice of enhancing the collection in tune with the times.

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting an ecclesiastical pastor, also (still a Scots legal term) the guardian of a minor): from Old French curateur or, in later use, directly from Latin curator, from curare (see cure). The current sense dates from the mid 17th century.

Rhymes

cater, crater, creator, data, debater, delator, dumbwaiter, equator, fascinator, freighter, frustrater, gaiter, grater, gyrator, hater, later, legator, mater, negator, pater, peseta, plater, rotator, skater, slater, stater, tater, traitor, ultimata, understater, upstater, waiter

Definition of curator in US English:

curator

noun

1A keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection.
the curator of drawings at the National Gallery
Example sentencesExamples
- Kindly the curator of the museum had made a display of a few of about 20 of the items you might see on your visit in the front window.
- The process involves 30 keepers, curators and registrars making a note of every single creature in the zoo.
- The noise and lights derive not from history, but from the present manipulations of Imperial War Museum curators.
- A wrinkled old hill woman was the sole curator and keeper of the gallery then.
- The curators of the museum have changed the content of the turbine room a few times since the museum opened.
- It certainly wasn't a word you heard uttered by museum curators.
- I have often felt sorry for the curators at the Royal Collection.
- I know all the museum curators in the world and there is not one to match Tim's genius.
- The Whitney Museum recruited six outside curators to help select this year's biennial.
- Collectors, dealers and curators in specialised areas all knew each other, and there was supply enough to satisfy everyone.
- Since then, museum curators across the world have largely agreed not to exhibit mummified body parts out of respect for the dead.
- This lag in attention has yet to be fully addressed by contemporary West Coast museums and curators.
- Unlike many museum exhibitions, the curators provided the information to the viewer in manageable pieces.
- It is a group of presentations hosted by an artist curator or, as in one case, architect.
- A curator from the local museum was there in the U.K. as part of this scheme.
- With the permission of the curator of the National Museum, we were allowed to see the work in progress.
- The artists are up-and-comers and players in the Sydney art scene and the curators are museum big wigs and people in the know.
- The sale had been eagerly anticipated by collectors and museum curators.
- Museum curators saw a shift from artists' hopelessness to a desperate need to contribute something to society.
- Very few museum curators have the opportunity or the budget to be so single-minded, to collect in depth in a highly specialised area.
Synonyms
custodian, keeper, conservator, guardian, caretaker, steward
1. 1.1 A person who selects acts to perform at a music festival.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Next month, as curator of the Meltdown festival, she will play it in its entirety on stage for the first time.

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting an ecclesiastical pastor, also (still a Scots legal term) the guardian of a minor): from Old French curateur or, in later use, directly from Latin curator, from curare (see cure). The current sense dates from the mid 17th century.

单词	curator
释义	Definition of curator in English: curator noun kjʊ(ə)ˈreɪtə 1A keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection. the curator of drawings at the National Gallery Example sentencesExamples The sale had been eagerly anticipated by collectors and museum curators. Since then, museum curators across the world have largely agreed not to exhibit mummified body parts out of respect for the dead. It is a group of presentations hosted by an artist curator or, as in one case, architect. The Whitney Museum recruited six outside curators to help select this year's biennial. With the permission of the curator of the National Museum, we were allowed to see the work in progress. A curator from the local museum was there in the U.K. as part of this scheme. A wrinkled old hill woman was the sole curator and keeper of the gallery then. Kindly the curator of the museum had made a display of a few of about 20 of the items you might see on your visit in the front window. Museum curators saw a shift from artists' hopelessness to a desperate need to contribute something to society. Unlike many museum exhibitions, the curators provided the information to the viewer in manageable pieces. Collectors, dealers and curators in specialised areas all knew each other, and there was supply enough to satisfy everyone. The artists are up-and-comers and players in the Sydney art scene and the curators are museum big wigs and people in the know. I know all the museum curators in the world and there is not one to match Tim's genius. This lag in attention has yet to be fully addressed by contemporary West Coast museums and curators. The curators of the museum have changed the content of the turbine room a few times since the museum opened. I have often felt sorry for the curators at the Royal Collection. It certainly wasn't a word you heard uttered by museum curators. The noise and lights derive not from history, but from the present manipulations of Imperial War Museum curators. The process involves 30 keepers, curators and registrars making a note of every single creature in the zoo. Very few museum curators have the opportunity or the budget to be so single-minded, to collect in depth in a highly specialised area. Synonyms custodian, keeper, conservator, guardian, caretaker, steward 1.1 A person who selects acts to perform at a music festival. Example sentencesExamples Next month, as curator of the Meltdown festival, she will play it in its entirety on stage for the first time. Derivatives curatorship noun kjʊ(ə)ˈreɪtəʃɪp For example, at Northampton the archaeological and social history curatorships are to be merged. Example sentencesExamples But the fest has endured, and, if this year's lineup is any indication, it is has done so due to the keen curatorship reflected in the films collected. Take these works together and you grasp what lies behind Macmillan's curatorship and a lifetime of scholarship. Every art work has parameters, and every art form tools, and if you get rid of frames and cameras you just move into another area - performance art, or curatorship - rather than bury film. Yet, while their curatorship is second to none, what has happened under the present Queen is a lack of real engagement by the key-player, the monarch herself, with the practice of enhancing the collection in tune with the times. Origin Late Middle English (denoting an ecclesiastical pastor, also (still a Scots legal term) the guardian of a minor): from Old French curateur or, in later use, directly from Latin curator, from curare (see cure). The current sense dates from the mid 17th century. Rhymes cater, crater, creator, data, debater, delator, dumbwaiter, equator, fascinator, freighter, frustrater, gaiter, grater, gyrator, hater, later, legator, mater, negator, pater, peseta, plater, rotator, skater, slater, stater, tater, traitor, ultimata, understater, upstater, waiter Definition of curator in US English: curator noun 1A keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection. the curator of drawings at the National Gallery Example sentencesExamples Kindly the curator of the museum had made a display of a few of about 20 of the items you might see on your visit in the front window. The process involves 30 keepers, curators and registrars making a note of every single creature in the zoo. The noise and lights derive not from history, but from the present manipulations of Imperial War Museum curators. A wrinkled old hill woman was the sole curator and keeper of the gallery then. The curators of the museum have changed the content of the turbine room a few times since the museum opened. It certainly wasn't a word you heard uttered by museum curators. I have often felt sorry for the curators at the Royal Collection. I know all the museum curators in the world and there is not one to match Tim's genius. The Whitney Museum recruited six outside curators to help select this year's biennial. Collectors, dealers and curators in specialised areas all knew each other, and there was supply enough to satisfy everyone. Since then, museum curators across the world have largely agreed not to exhibit mummified body parts out of respect for the dead. This lag in attention has yet to be fully addressed by contemporary West Coast museums and curators. Unlike many museum exhibitions, the curators provided the information to the viewer in manageable pieces. It is a group of presentations hosted by an artist curator or, as in one case, architect. A curator from the local museum was there in the U.K. as part of this scheme. With the permission of the curator of the National Museum, we were allowed to see the work in progress. The artists are up-and-comers and players in the Sydney art scene and the curators are museum big wigs and people in the know. The sale had been eagerly anticipated by collectors and museum curators. Museum curators saw a shift from artists' hopelessness to a desperate need to contribute something to society. Very few museum curators have the opportunity or the budget to be so single-minded, to collect in depth in a highly specialised area. Synonyms custodian, keeper, conservator, guardian, caretaker, steward 1.1 A person who selects acts to perform at a music festival. Example sentencesExamples Next month, as curator of the Meltdown festival, she will play it in its entirety on stage for the first time. Origin Late Middle English (denoting an ecclesiastical pastor, also (still a Scots legal term) the guardian of a minor): from Old French curateur or, in later use, directly from Latin curator, from curare (see cure). The current sense dates from the mid 17th century.
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