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bewaarder — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • conservator noun One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
  • custodian noun A person responsible for looking after or protecting something.
  • keeper noun Someone or something worth holding on to.

Senses

bewaarder is used for these senses in English:

  • conservator One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
  • custodian A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.
  • keeper A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.

conservator — full definition

  1. noun One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
  2. noun A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
  3. noun An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
  4. noun A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process.

custodian — full definition

  1. noun A person responsible for looking after or protecting something.
  2. noun US: a janitor or cleaner, especially in a school or office building.

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