curator
A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or…A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
» Tom is a museum curator.
Том — смотритель музея.
Meaning
5 sensesA person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
Kurator, Kuratorin, Museumskurator
кура́торkurátor
the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee.
Kurator, Kuratorin, Vormund
A member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc.
Kurator, Kuratorin
A person or entity who controls, manages, or oversees another.
A groundsman who looks after a cricket field.
Examples
11 sentencesTom is a museum curator.
ruТом — смотритель музея.
Elena is the curator of a modern art gallery.
Tom is a curator.
Mary is a museum curator.
The curators tried to protect museum buildings from looting by bricking up entrances, but that didn’t help much.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Latin cūrātor (“one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee”), from cūrFrom Latin cūrātor (“one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee”), from cūrāre (“to take care of”), from cūra (“care, heed, attention, anxiety, grief”).
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Forms
plural: curatorsSynonyms
1 synonyms- the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library):conservator